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Dedicated Server with SSH access can create problems for your server can it can be hacked easily thus as owner of your server you need to protect it from intruders accessing your server. You can follow following steps for securing your server having SSH access.
Its always better and recommended to bind sshd to a single IP which should be different from your serve main IP address and should be on different port then 22.
Just follow below steps for securing your SSH server.

SSH into your server using root as your login. You need to use following command at command prompt :  pico -w /etc/ssh/sshd_config
You need to find following section
#Port 22
#Protocol 2, 1
#ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
#ListenAddress ::
Uncomment and change  #Port 22 to look like Port 3999 (You can choose any 4 to 5 digit port number  as per your choice (49151 is the highest port number)
Uncomment and change  #Protocol 2, 1 to  Protocol 2
Uncomment and change  #ListenAddress 0.0.0.0 to  ListenAddress 198.32.78.112 (You need to use any one of your own IP that has been assigned to your server)

For some reason if you want to disable direct ROOT login you need to follow following instructions :
Find following code :
#PermitRootLogin yes  and uncomment it and make it look like PermitRootLogin no
You need to save this using Ctrl O and then exit using Ctrl X.
Now its time to restart SSH. You can restart SSH using following command at command prompt type: /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd restart
You need to exit SSH and need to relogin to SSH with new IP and using new port.

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When we talk about webhosting services we have few host with excellent support and some are just cheap host with poor support. It all depends what you as a client/webmaster looking to get from your website hosting provider. If you are tight at your budget you may be choosing cheap hosting service provider but you may have to compromise on service and level of support you would be getting from such host, but if you are in serious business then you should choose your host after doing your homework. Getting reviews for your preferred host at few web hosting forums will help you to decide.
I have asked few webmaster about their opinion on cheap hosting or excellent support, all most all of them have flagged for excellent support rather then cheap hosting service provider. If you are looking for hosting personal website which is not mission critical then you can opt for cheap hosting package which does not require much technical support issues or you have low budget for your web business then you can opt for cheap hosting package.
If you are running successful webbusiness then you should look for reliable webhosting service provider rather then cheap host who are very far for your support issues. Excellent technical support is most vital for success of your business, you should also look for what type of support do your hosting service provider offers you, such as Live support via live chat, emails, phone support. Do they charge extra for support issues, is the support 24×7x365 ? what is minimum technical resolution time. Free technical support is most important when something goes wrong for your website or you need to edit/update your website. You should always try to get hosting where you don’t have to manage your hosting account your self. You should look for managed hosting services thus you are free to concentrate on your business rather then managing your hosting account, you just need to contact your webhosting service provider for all your technical issues and they will sort them out for your hosting account.

Usually webmaster who are new to webhosting world looks for cheap hosting packages but those who have established their webbusiness always prefer to have good, reliable webhost who is available round the clock for your technical support issues.
Usually webmaster wants to have quality support but for low cost, we should know basic
fundamental of every business “ What you pay is what you get “ thus if you are paying peanuts you will get poor service and support. It all depends on you webmaster if you need excellent service and support by paying a bit more or want to compromise with poor support for cheap hosting packages.
Almost all webhost try to offer excellent support for their clients as customer satisfaction
is vital for any webhosting business to grow. Satisfied customers of any webhost will work for them as catalyst and will promote their webhost. You can consider webhosting industry as most targeted and over saturated market thus its very difficult for any webhosting service provider to sustain in  this hosting industry.

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A good professional looking website creates a professional image for your business and can work as round the clock online shop for your business/ product and services.

You can consider your website as cost effective solution for advertising your business,  product and services. If you manage to get your website better ranking in Search engines such as Google or Yahoo then you have done most of your work. You will see good traffic for your site through search engines and thus you will get good business. Most visitors coming to your site from search engines are genuine customers and will find your site more informative and thus can give your good business. Hence try to get your site top rank for your targeted keywords and see how you make money from your online presence.

In online business your website is your online identity thus you will have to present yourself in more professional way as if you are talking to your customers face to face.

Thus you will have to get your website more attractive, unique and with real content.

For many companies Websites can provide a range of internal services including supporting off-site workers and delivering training to their clients and workers.

You can consider your website as an invaluable business tool for you and your clients. You can have your websites as online brochure for your clients and thus can reduce advertising cost. With your website you can reach to your targeted client base in any part of world and thus can have wider scope for your business. Your business shop is open 24×7x365 round the clock for your clients in all different locations of world.

Having professional looking business website is imperative nowadays. You can consider your website as your business profile and you can put any kind of information you want on your website, thus you can attract more visitors and can retain them on your website for longer time thus you can get business from them. You can update information anytime you want thus you can offer upto date information about your product and services which is most important in business. Other then designing part you should have quality and informative content for your site which will attract more visitors for your site.

If you update your site constantly with latest information surely you will be getting repeated customers for your site this is possible only if you have quality content on your site.

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Most webhosting service provider do not provide control panel as standard addon with your hosting plans. They charge extra for having a control panel with your server. If you want to have control panel with your server you will have to pay extra cost for it. There  are many control panels available for managing your hosting account and server.  Having a control panel will make your life easy for managing your hosting account thus you can concentrate more on your business rather then concentrating on managing your server. Its always recommended to have a control panel with your server. If you are on Windows Platform you have Plesk as control panel and you have WHM/cPanel as your control panel on Linux Hosting platform. You will have dedicated license copy for your cpanel with your dedicated server box. cPanel has partnerships with leading datacenters around the world and thus they offer cPanel license at much discounted rates. If you don’t want control panel with your server you can have plain server without any control panel. Make sure you will have to manage your server your own.  If you want to use WHM/cPanel as your control panel you will have to opt for linux web hosting platform. If you want to go with Windows Hosting Platform you have option of Plesk control panel. WHM/cpanel comes with many useful features which are must for managing your server/hosting account.

Once you ordered your server with WHM/cPanel you will get server login details using which you can manage your server easily. First of all you need to setup nameservers, then you should secure your server by tuning security settings. You should also check if all services are running fine on your server. You have to install all required add-on scripts that you are looking to offer your clients. If you have some custom security scripts then you can install them using your control panel.  Thus you have secure server, if you want you can ask your host for installing all security patches on your server, always try to order your server with a host who offers you 24×7 live support. Thus you have a dedicated technician for your server hosting related technical issue.

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