Fix Open Nameservers to Speed up Sites and Prevent DOS

Open nameservers allow anyone in the world to perform queries on them, which can often lead to DOS attacks and slower performance. Most system administrators prefer to have their nameservers restricted and used only by trusted parties. To check your namesevers, use Intodns, a free tool! 
To do this kind of setup, you will need [...]

Install APF Firewall For Server Security

A firewall is essential for the security of any server. Below are the steps to setting up APF on your system to control access:
Download and install APF:

cd /usr/src
wget http://www.rfxnetworks.com/downloads/apf-current.tar.gz
tar -xvzf apf-current.tar.gz
cd apf-*
./install.sh

Stumbleudon Revolutionizes Stumbling for Profit

How do I earn up to 15 free stumbles everyday without doing anything?
Stumbleudon has an automated stumbling process that gets FAST stumbles to a new site/page. Its great for getting a big traffic surge. In fact, I brought a new site from 10 hits a day to over 800 hits a day!
The stumbling process is [...]

Email Deliverability Fixes Part 2: Domain Keys

In Part 2, we will learn how to isntall DomainKeys, similar to SPF records, which authenticates that an email was sent from an authorized sender. Luckily they are easy to set up in your cPanel!
System requirements
1. cPanel/WHM v11.x with the latest build
2. Your Mail server must be using Maildir format and NOT Mbox.

Email Deliverability Fixes Part 1:SPF

If you, like me, suffer(ed) from a lot of soft-bounced emails because your server was misconfigured, then this guide is perfect for you! If you run a dedicated server with WHM/Cpanel and cannot get mass mails to deliver, try this guide.
In part one you will learn how to install SPF to all of your domains, [...]

Rootkit Removal Guide

This should work on all *nix operating systems.
Chkrootkit “is a tool to locally check for signs of a rootkit” (from http://www.chkrootkit.org).
“The Sentry tools provide host-level security services for the Unix platform. PortSentry, Logcheck/LogSentry, and HostSentry protect against portscans, automate log file [...]

Random JS Rootkit/Rootkits in General

Most of you are aware of the recent exploit that has hit the Linux work, but for those of your that aren’t I’ll be posting a quote from an announcement from cPanel.com. Please note that I don’t totally agree with them on this for now.
A server compromise trend has been recently reported targeting multiple hosting [...]

TimElfelt.com Launches

After some problems with a rootkit on my machine, TimElfelt.com is online!
The blog will be about on my expedition through life, but it will mostly be focused on Marketing, Web Design, and general computer and internet money making tips.
The first posts are already written, so keep readin!