Let’s Encrypt, a trusted provider of free SSL certificates, has been issuing certificates through two chains: the ISRG Root X1 chain and the ISRG Root X1 chain cross-signed by IdenTrust’s DST Root CA X3. The cross-signed chain has been crucial in ensuring widespread trust for Let’s Encrypt certificates across various devices.

However, Let’s Encrypt is now making a vital change that may affect the compatibility of these certificates. Specifically, they are removing the root from the trust store, which could result in older devices – such as those running Android 7 – being unable to use or trust these certificates.

This change is significant as it may impact the security and accessibility of websites, especially for users accessing them from devices that rely on the now-unsupported chain. We understand the importance of ensuring seamless browsing experiences for all users, which is why we want to bring this update to your attention.

As your trusted web development partner, we are here to assist you in navigating through these changes. If you have any concerns or questions regarding your SSL certificates and their compatibility, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. Our team is dedicated to ensuring that your websites remain secure and functional for all users, regardless of device compatibility challenges.

We appreciate your attention to this matter and your continued trust in Tarheel Media for your web development needs.

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cPanel can’t do a fraction of what Virtualmin can do and it is severely limiting to the end user and developers of a website by locking you behind a very restrictive user interface while Virtualmin allows you to go as far as to edit the actual Apache directives (if you know what you’re doing).

cPanel was built for server administrators and users that have absolutely no idea what they are doing and that’s my professional opinion.  If you do know what you’re doing, then you don’t want a UI that gives you access to only small bits of the interworkings of a website – you need full access.

But for most users, the UI does nicely too – and it’s the user’s choice – advanced directive editing or this:

And cPanel sure doesn’t allow you to mount your server’s file system through WebDAV either and refuses to fully support SVN or GIT.

But ultimately, we deal mostly in PHP and WordPress and you just don’t get this deep of control over PHP with cPanel.

Essentially, you can see how Virtualmin is built for both beginners and experts alike.  If you’re a beginner, Virtualmin is easy to learn but doesn’t keep you locked in a 1990’s, child-like interface that allows you control over only a few things.  Instead, Virtualmin gives you total access to your slice of the server, including file management.

Everything Virtualmin does is far superior to cPanel in every single way possible.  But let me just give a good comparison between the two here:

This is what cPanel looks like:

This is what Virtualmin looks like:

You be the judge.

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