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Other / Re: Goodbye CWP — I’m done for good
« Last post by djprmf on February 25, 2026, 01:54:51 PM »There is no DDoS attack agains the forum. There is a CWP team that have no interest in fix the server where the forum is. That is a FACT.
The DDoS is a excuse. There is no record of a ddos attack anywhere. More, there is no record in HISTORY of a DDoS attack that goes by months... or now CWP is so special that even get to beat history of the internet?
The server where the forum is hosted is outdated, with security issues and with misconfigurations. CWP team doesn't fix the issues because they have no interest in doing so. as with the CWP itself... and we can continue to discuss this, but there is no point.
CWP envangelist will ignore ALL the points made, and and continue to say that everything is fine even if CWP Team itself confirm that the panel is dead.
@Starburst will continue to provide guides in how to "fix this and that", in hope to get some attention - just look how this guy now have a forum dedicated to "help" cwp users. is trying to became somehow of a "god" to save CWP, but failing in that.
Many more continue to be here, where not even the CWP team is online, just in hope that something change, because they have all they business around CWP, and they cannot change that fact. So CWP must survive... must continue, or all they work will go by the drain. And they don't know more in how to fix that... When the time arrives, will be too late...
Many more continue to flock from CWP. There are MANY cwp alternatives, better, updated and strong. Free or paid.
CWP was unique, was great. Was. That is the word, is not anymore.
The DDoS is a excuse. There is no record of a ddos attack anywhere. More, there is no record in HISTORY of a DDoS attack that goes by months... or now CWP is so special that even get to beat history of the internet?
The server where the forum is hosted is outdated, with security issues and with misconfigurations. CWP team doesn't fix the issues because they have no interest in doing so. as with the CWP itself... and we can continue to discuss this, but there is no point.
CWP envangelist will ignore ALL the points made, and and continue to say that everything is fine even if CWP Team itself confirm that the panel is dead.
@Starburst will continue to provide guides in how to "fix this and that", in hope to get some attention - just look how this guy now have a forum dedicated to "help" cwp users. is trying to became somehow of a "god" to save CWP, but failing in that.
Many more continue to be here, where not even the CWP team is online, just in hope that something change, because they have all they business around CWP, and they cannot change that fact. So CWP must survive... must continue, or all they work will go by the drain. And they don't know more in how to fix that... When the time arrives, will be too late...
Many more continue to flock from CWP. There are MANY cwp alternatives, better, updated and strong. Free or paid.
CWP was unique, was great. Was. That is the word, is not anymore.
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CSF Firewall / Re: CSF Auto Update Re-Enabled v14.24 and v15.00
« Last post by venty on February 25, 2026, 01:53:43 PM »No the mirrors is no longer active as there are different upgrades available.
We have been working with Aetherinox fork.
You can see how to upgrade to this fork at:
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/aetherinox-csf-firewall-update-to-v15-09/
In addition to our public KB, we have also setup support forums at: https://sysadmin.help
Hi,
Thanks for the reply, but I'm still on the original CWP CSF, version 14.2.
What do I need to do to switch to the Aetherinox fork?
BR
Venty
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Other / Re: Goodbye CWP — I’m done for good
« Last post by Andrew C on February 25, 2026, 12:50:29 PM »What an irony 😄 — someone suggested that the CWP forum should be hosted on Cloudflare instead of running on CWP itself… and yet it still keeps going down from time to time.
You’d think the CWP developers, of all people, would have PHP tuned rock-solid so the forum stays up consistently if php resources were the issue.
Also, the change logs still aren’t being updated. Without clear change logs, it’s really hard for users to confirm — or properly audit — what’s being changed, whether from a functionality or a security standpoint. A bit more transparency here would go a long way to stop users abandoning the project in the short term.
You’d think the CWP developers, of all people, would have PHP tuned rock-solid so the forum stays up consistently if php resources were the issue.
Also, the change logs still aren’t being updated. Without clear change logs, it’s really hard for users to confirm — or properly audit — what’s being changed, whether from a functionality or a security standpoint. A bit more transparency here would go a long way to stop users abandoning the project in the short term.
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CSF Firewall / Re: CSF Auto Update Re-Enabled v14.24 and v15.00
« Last post by NIIcK on February 24, 2026, 10:00:42 PM »Thank you very much for your reply!
The update works smoothly
Read you on sysadmin.help
The update works smoothly
Read you on sysadmin.help
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CSF Firewall / Re: CSF Auto Update Re-Enabled v14.24 and v15.00
« Last post by Starburst on February 24, 2026, 09:50:52 PM »No the mirrors is no longer active as there are different upgrades available.
We have been working with Aetherinox fork.
You can see how to upgrade to this fork at:
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/aetherinox-csf-firewall-update-to-v15-09/
In addition to our public KB, we have also setup support forums at: https://sysadmin.help
We have been working with Aetherinox fork.
You can see how to upgrade to this fork at:
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/aetherinox-csf-firewall-update-to-v15-09/
In addition to our public KB, we have also setup support forums at: https://sysadmin.help
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CSF Firewall / Re: CSF Auto Update Re-Enabled v14.24 and v15.00
« Last post by NIIcK on February 24, 2026, 09:19:24 PM »Hello @Starburst,
Are the mirrors still up? I am getting a expired SSL certificate and no index.
As an example, I cannot find CSF on elrepo.nue.de.ssimn.org and csf -u returns:
with: if ($chosen eq "") {$chosen = "elrepo.nue.de.ssimn.org"} in /usr/local/csf/lib/ConfigServer/Config.pm
Thank you in advance!
Are the mirrors still up? I am getting a expired SSL certificate and no index.
As an example, I cannot find CSF on elrepo.nue.de.ssimn.org and csf -u returns:
Code: [Select]
csf -u
Oops: Unable to download: Not Foundwith: if ($chosen eq "") {$chosen = "elrepo.nue.de.ssimn.org"} in /usr/local/csf/lib/ConfigServer/Config.pm
Thank you in advance!
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CSF Firewall / Re: Should we update CSF to V15??
« Last post by venty on February 24, 2026, 04:03:45 PM »Just follow Starburst's guide to update to CSF 15.08 (Aetherinox's fork):
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/aetherinox-csf-firewall-update-to-v15-08/
Hi,
Thanks for the answer, but I'm now with the original CSF of the CWP, version 14.2. Shouldn't I follow one of these two instructions before following the instruction you provided:
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/csf-firewall-gplv3-release-tweaked-for-cwp/
or
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/csf-firewall-error-oops-unable-to-download-no-host-option-provided/
or both?
and then the instructions you provided:
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/aetherinox-csf-firewall-update-to-v15-08/
and I already saw that the following are also available:
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/aetherinox-csf-firewall-update-to-v15-09/
Please tell me which one to follow and which one to follow after that...
Thanks in advance!
BR
Venty
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Updates / Re: [SECURITY ALERT] Unauthorized port / [SECURITY ALERT] Unknown/Untrusted file..
« Last post by overseer on February 24, 2026, 02:00:34 PM »No, it's a scary false positive. Ignore it and it will go away with the next CWP update when they update the script. Or edit the script (/scripts/cwp_security_audit) directly to remove the stanza that checks for ghost files.
Since I run CWP on an alternate port, that script also generates a warning about unauthorized ports -- but of course it's authorized and listed in
/usr/local/cwpsrv/conf/cwpsrv.conf and /etc/csf/csf.conf. So I had to add my alternate port to the list of allowed ports in that script.
Since I run CWP on an alternate port, that script also generates a warning about unauthorized ports -- but of course it's authorized and listed in
/usr/local/cwpsrv/conf/cwpsrv.conf and /etc/csf/csf.conf. So I had to add my alternate port to the list of allowed ports in that script.
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CSF Firewall / Re: Should we update CSF to V15??
« Last post by overseer on February 24, 2026, 01:55:26 PM »Just follow Starburst's guide to update to CSF 15.08 (Aetherinox's fork):
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/aetherinox-csf-firewall-update-to-v15-08/
https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/aetherinox-csf-firewall-update-to-v15-08/
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Other / Re: Goodbye CWP — I’m done for good
« Last post by overseer on February 24, 2026, 01:53:51 PM »Forum downtime actually feels self-inflicted because of 503 gateway errors. Nginx could be updated & tuned better and for sure php-fpm starvation is the root of the problem -- PHP on a PHP-heavy forum needs greater resources, caching, increased timeouts, etc. But for sure CF turnstile would be a great addition for DDoS protection.
