New DA user...few questions

[Virtuoso]

Hello I have a few questions as I am new to DA (not used it yet but researching). I come from 100% cPanel as of now.

Please answer the following (thank you):

1. Does DA create a dns zone automatically per account as cpanel does?

2. Where are the "plugins" to be found that I can add? I saw the option in admin demo.

3. Any other webmail options other than Squirrel mail?

4. Centos supported? Couldn't find that anywhere.

5. What makes DA better than cPanel or Plesk?

Are the following security measures doable on DA (do you have better recommendations?)

APF
BFD
LSM
SIM
mod security
mod dosevasive
mod throttle
zend optimizer
eaccelerator
direct root disable
telnet disable
email alert on root login
exim dictionary attack ACL
nessus
secure tmp
chkrootkit
rkhunter
mask apache
libsafe

Thank you.

 

[jmstacey]

1. Yes
2. /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/
3. Uebimail(sp) and any other ones you want to install.
4. Unofficially

You can install virtually anything that you want to or make any changes you want. DirectAdmin might not be able to support them though.

 

[nobaloney]

I wouldn't call CentOS unofficial; DA has a specific download for it. And it works properly. We've been using both CentOS 3.x and 4.x for some time.

Jeff

 

[tony1234]

I use DA on Centos 4.1

Also, on those products, i have installed most of them manually and they work. Telnet is disabled and libsafe is on by default, either from DA or Centos, I don't know which. I haven't tried ACL item.