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Microsoft\u00ae discontinued Linux support for FrontPage\u00ae extensions in 2006, so we\u2019re now 11 years down the road and I still see instances of prospects asking about FrontPage\u00ae. Some of them simply aren\u2019t keeping up with the hosting industry and others are trying desperately to keep their old sites alive.<\/p>\n
Customer support dilemma<\/strong><\/p>\n Whenever I see hosting providers or web development firms posing queries on web hosting forums about existing clients who refuse to upgrade, this highlights the real dilemma of securing your servers against security breaches, pitting them against, very often, long time clients.<\/p>\n It\u2019s time to move on<\/strong><\/p>\n There is no security support for FrontPage, so it\u2019s imperative that everyone move on. cPanel \/ WHM installed Microsoft\u00ae FrontPage\u00ae extensions until early 2014. At the same time, EasyApache removed FrontPage\u00ae.<\/p>\n Tools to remove FrontPage\u00ae extensions<\/strong><\/p>\n In late summer, 2014, cPanel released tools that made it possible for users to remove FrontPage\u00ae extensions, and also announced it wouldn\u2019t be supported in any further releases.<\/p>\n How cPanel dealt with upgrades when FrontPage\u00ae extensions were still installed<\/strong><\/p>\n There was always the concern that discontinuing support should not interrupt service for existing users, so cPanel blocked upgrades to its 11.46 release when it was discovered FrontPage\u00ae extensions were still installed.<\/p>\n Major releases of cPanel<\/strong><\/p>\n Since all major releases of cPanel come with 1 year of security support, clients that retain FrontPage\u00ae extensions during that timeframe won\u2019t get any updates to their server. They\u2019re essentially forced to remain on the 11.44 release of cPanel \/ WHM. Additionally, Microsoft\u00ae ended client support in early 2014 with FrontPage\u00ae 2003.<\/p>\n There are methods to determine if your server is affected<\/strong><\/p>\n What we\u2019re talking about here are releases 11.44 and earlier since with 11.46, it\u2019s not possible to have \u00a0FrontPage\u00ae extensions installed. Simply run the command:<\/p>\n if\u00a0[ -e\u00a0\/usr\/local\/frontpage\/version5.0\/bin\/owsadm.exe ] ;\u00a0then\u00a0echo\u00a0“Frontpage installed”;\u00a0else\u00a0echo\u00a0“Frontpage not installed”;\u00a0fi<\/p>\n What if specific cPanel accounts previously used FrontPage\u00ae extensions<\/strong><\/p>\n In instances where you suspect specific cPanel accounts had previously used FrontPage\u00ae extensions, you can run another command to list out those accounts:<\/p>\n find\u00a0\/home\/\u00a0-wholename\u00a0‘*\/_vti_cnf\/*’\u00a0-type\u00a0f |\u00a0grep\u00a0-E -v\u00a0‘htaccess|virtfs’\u00a0|\u00a0cut\u00a0-d\u00a0‘\/’\u00a0-f 3 |\u00a0sort\u00a0|\u00a0uniq<\/p>\n To remove FrontPage\u00ae extensions<\/strong><\/p>\n If for example, none of your clients appear to be using FrontPage\u00ae extensions, those can easily be removed by running the command (via command line as root):<\/p>\n \/scripts\/unsetupfp4\u00a0\u2013all<\/p>\n Are there workarounds? <\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, there are workarounds, but with cPanel \/ WHM 11.44 and earlier, FrontPage\u00ae functionality will break whenever EasyApache is recompiled.<\/p>\n How dangerous is it to continue on with FrontPage\u00ae<\/strong><\/p>\n In today\u2019s age of advanced (and disturbing) cybercriminal activities on the Internet, web hosting providers put their clients at risk if their servers are not locked down properly. 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