Security Alert
We just received news that there is a impostor (phishing scam) of DWHS trying to get your details. Do not by any means ever click a link from a email unless you are 100% sure it is safe. You should go to www.dwhs.net then click login to access your account with us. Here is the fake email to ignore:
Dear user of the dwhs.net mailing service!
We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox (newaccounts@dwhs.net) settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings click on the following link:
http://dwhs.net/owa/service_directory/settings.php?email=newaccounts@dwhs.net&from=dwhs.net&fromname=newaccounts
Best regards, dwhs.net Technical Support.
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Validate your website
Hello,
HTML can be tricky, there is lots of little bugs and unexplained errors that can come up for most web designers. But for a website to run smooth and fast validating the website is essential. To do this you need it to be checked by a credited validation service. The best one currently is: W3.org the url is: http://validator.w3.org/
Some programs have basic version built in like the Dream Weaver HTML Check Up but nothing will work (to be honest) even close to W3.
Another trick is to try to stay away from tables, they might seem easy to work with but they will make the page load slower and in some browsers shape differently. Scripts like WordPress and Drupal can help keep the code clean for you too!
Good luck with your code and remember to have fun with web design, it shows in your work.
What is this? Secure Connection Failed Server uses an invalid security certificate.
We had a customer today put in a ticket about a SSL browser error when connecting to their cpanel.
I am unable to access the cPanel section of the website. When I try it says: Secure Connection Failed 12.123.123.123:2083 uses an invalid security certificate.
The certificate is not trusted because it is self signed.
The certificate is only valid for dwhs211.dwhs.net(Error code: sec_error_untrusted_issuer)
* This could be a problem with the server\'s configuration, or it could be someone trying to impersonate the server.
* If you have connected to this server successfully in the past, the error may be temporary, and you can try again later.
Then it asks me to add an exception, but when I did it said: \"This site attempts to identify itself with invalid information\"
Fixing this
First to fix this just go to the bottom of the of the page where you will see a option that says: Add an exception
Just click that and authorize all requests.
The Reason
We sign our own certs so the browser does not know who has made the cert and gives this error. Our self signed certs are just as secure as any other and work exactly the same. We just do not pay the browser companies to approve our self signed certs because we know they are trusted. Browser companies make their money when people register their SSL certs through them. We do this for all billing connections but for your control panel access it is not needed and you can trust our certs completely.
Basically to not get this error you need to pay to register your SSL with companies like the SSLCA who in turn register the SSL certificate with the browser companies like IE, Firefox, Opera,and Chrome.
This gives confidence to the customer that the SSL cert is safe. If you do not know or trust the company it does mean that the SSL company has verified to some extent that the company is real for you.
More information can be found here: What is SSL? | SSL Wiki
DWHS adds new F.A.Q.
DWHS added more articles in the F.A.Q. (knowledge) database. You can search or browse the data here: https://dwhs.net/secure/site/knowledge.php
There is also a link to the knowledge database from the support page and your control panel