Version 1.701

Released: 2026-05-05

• Improved Brute Force Monitor performance update
• Software version changes custombuildupdate
• Flush UnboundDNS zones during TLS certificate issuance update
• cpanel restore: Ensure ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs permissions fix
• cpanel restore: DNS parser logic change for improved .db reads fix

Improved Brute Force Monitor performance update

An optimization on the Brute Force Monitor (BFM) allows new attacking IPs/Users to be proceseed significantly more quickly.

Software version changes custombuildupdate

• apache2.4 updated from 2.4.66 to 2.4.67
• exim updated from 4.99.1 to 4.99.2
• litespeed updated from 6.3.5-2 to 6.3.5-5
• modsecurity3 updated from 3.0.14 to 3.0.15
• ModSecurity rules from OWASP CRS updated from 4.25.0 to 4.26.0
• modsecurity updated from 2.9.12 to 2.9.13
• proftpd_mod_clamav updated from 0.14rc2 to f277f03363ae1479fc043c7ac91a9c517fd1d974
• pureftpd updated from 1.0.53 to 1.0.54

Flush UnboundDNS zones during TLS certificate issuance update

TLS certificate issuance and renewal is extended to obtain up-to-date DNS records by flushing the DNS zone cache beforehand.

This functionality is available when UnboundDNS is set up as the default system resolver.

cpanel restore: Ensure ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs permissions fix

After a restore, DA will ensure the ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file is readable by the mail account so exim is able to see it to decide if spam scanning should happen or not.

cpanel restore: DNS parser logic change for improved .db reads fix

When restoring cpanel files, some casesh of DNS domain.com.db zone files have comment lines mid-file and they were not correctly handled by the DirectAdmin parser.