<s>
Kloxo	B-Protocol
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Lxadmin	B-Protocol
)	O
was	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
web	B-Protocol
hosting	I-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
panel	I-Protocol
for	O
the	O
Red	O
Hat	O
and	O
CentOS	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kloxo	B-Protocol
allows	O
the	O
host	O
administrators	O
to	O
run	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
lighttpd	O
or	O
Apache	O
with	O
djbdns	B-Protocol
or	O
BIND	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
provides	O
a	O
graphical	O
interface	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
these	O
programs	O
without	O
losing	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kloxo	B-Protocol
Enterprise	O
can	O
transparently	O
move	O
web/mail/dns	O
from	O
one	O
server	O
running	O
Apache	O
to	O
another	O
running	O
lighttpd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
formerly	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
good	O
free	O
alternative	O
to	O
cPanel	O
hosting	O
control	B-Protocol
panel	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kloxo	B-Protocol
comes	O
integrated	O
with	O
Installapp	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
bundle	O
of	O
approximately	O
130	O
web	O
applications	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
to	O
the	O
hosted	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
applications	O
included	O
in	O
InstallApp	B-Protocol
are	O
outrageously	O
out	O
of	O
date	O
,	O
and	O
contain	O
known	O
and	O
public	O
security	O
vulnerabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enabling	O
this	O
feature	O
on	O
a	O
live	O
server	O
exposes	O
your	O
server	O
and	O
users	O
to	O
serious	O
security	O
flaws	O
"	O
showed	O
prominently	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
InstallApp	B-Protocol
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
local	O
privilege	O
escalation	O
exploit	O
was	O
found	O
in	O
Kloxo	B-Protocol
's	O
lxsuexec	O
and	O
lxrestart	O
programs	O
,	O
allowing	O
an	O
attacker	O
to	O
elevate	O
privileges	O
to	O
root	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Kloxo	B-Protocol
initially	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
proprietary	O
control	B-Protocol
panel	I-Protocol
,	O
Internal	O
issues	O
arose	O
within	O
the	O
company	O
after	O
the	O
death	O
of	O
its	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
announced	O
on	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
that	O
Kloxo	B-Protocol
and	O
HyperVM	O
would	O
be	O
continued	O
in	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
consortium	O
to	O
be	O
formed	O
by	O
Arthur	O
Thornton	O
,	O
Danny	O
Terweij	O
,	O
and	O
S	O
Bhargava	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Arthur	O
Thornton	O
officially	O
resigned	O
as	O
the	O
lead	O
developer	O
of	O
Kloxo	B-Protocol
and	O
HyperVM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
his	O
resignation	O
,	O
the	O
HyperVM	O
and	O
Kloxo	B-Protocol
source	O
code	O
was	O
officially	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arthur	O
Thornton	O
resumed	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
Kloxo	B-Protocol
and	O
HyperVM	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
in	O
mid-February	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
