Fantastico in Cpanel Question.

[NeoGreen]

I am really new at using CPanel so please bare with me. I was browsing through CPanel and I noticed Fantastico. I clicked on it and it took me to a page in what it looks like you can install pre written scripts for all kinds of services for your website. Is this correct? Any information will help. thanks.

 

[mackers8923]

I am really new at using CPanel so please bare with me. I was browsing through CPanel and I noticed Fantastico. I clicked on it and it took me to a page in what it looks like you can install pre written scripts for all kinds of services for your website. Is this correct? Any information will help. thanks.

Thats exactly what it is a series of pre written scripts that give you added dimensions to your server and of course it allows you to offer more if your re-selling your services.

 

[randomuser]

Beware that providing all the available scripts in Fantastico will reduce the security of your server immensely and immediately.

http://www.netenberg.com/fantastico_scripts.php

I'd be willing to bet at least 50% of those scripts have had serious security issues at some point. If you don't absolutely need Fantastico, I wouldn't use it. Netenberg doesn't force the vendors of those scripts to provide any quality assurance results for their code, and as a result of the poor quality code in most of those scripts, servers are constantly hacked.

 

[NeoGreen]

It looks like a good tool to use but it seems that it might be unreliable as far as security. I think I'll stick to uploading files instead. thanks for the info.