Announcement

Way to the Web Ltd and Configserver.com will be closing down permanently on 31 August 2025. The server software market has changed drastically in the more than 25 years since our company began, and we now find the business is no longer profitable so must come to an end.

This closure affects all of our commercial software including ConfigServer Exploit Scanner (cxs), MailScanner Front-End (MSFE), and Outgoing Spam Monitor (osm). It also affects our free software including ConfigServer Security and Firewall (csf), ConfigServer Mail Queues (cmq), ConfigServer Mail Manage (cmm), ConfigServer Modsecurity Control (cmc), and ConfigServer Explorer (cse).

After 31st August, there will be no further support, downloads, or license IP changes available. 

In order to continue using any of our commercial software after the 31st of August, you must update the software to the latest version. If not updated, any of our commercial software products will cease to function and cannot be reactivated once the download and license servers are shut down.

We have prepared a list of FAQs to assist you with any questions you may have. If your question is not answered here, feel free to email us or log a ticket on the helpdesk between now and 31st August.

Update:

To allay some fears, we are actively working on releasing csf (ConfigServer Security & Firewall) under the GPLv3 license. If we do this, it will be before we close for business and the software will be made available via our GitHub repository.

Yes, you can keep using the software as long as you update it to the latest version before the 31st of August. After that date, if you have not upgraded to the latest version, the software will stop working. This applies to ConfigServer eXploit Scanner, Outgoing Spam Monitor, and MailScanner Front-End.

No, because changing the license IP will not be possible after 31 August, and you will not be able to download the software to install it on another server.

No, you will no longer be able to download the software to install it.

No, no further updates will be provided.

Since our company will have closed, there will be no email or helpdesk available after the 31st of August.

No, the entirety of the support website will be closed down.

No, after that date there will be no downloads available or any license manager system to activate or move licenses.

If the software has not yet been installed and you have purchased it less than 14 days before your request, we will provide a refund if requested. Otherwise as per our ordering and refund policy (https://configserver.com/ordering-policy/) no refunds can be made.

If the software has not yet been installed and you have purchased it less than 14 days before your request, we will provide a refund if requested. Otherwise as per our ordering and refund policy (https://configserver.com/ordering-policy/) no refunds can be made.

No, the forum will be closed immediately.

No, there will be no further updates to the cxs fingerprints after 31st August.

No, the cxs reputation system will no longer work because the server running it will shut down.

Yes, ConfigServer Mail Manage (csm), CS Mail Queues (cmq), CS Modsecurity Control (cmc), CS Explorer (cse) and ConfigServer Security & Firewall (csf) will continue to work. They will no longer be updated, however, and will not be available for download or install.

Please see our scripts github repository for uninstall scripts for both the commercial and free scripts.

Waytotheweb Github Scripts Repository

For Configserver Exploit Scanner (cxs):

cxs -U

For Outgoing Spam Monitor (osm):

wget –no-check-certificate https://download.configserver.com/osminstaller.tgz
tar -xzf osminstaller.tgz
perl osminstaller.pl

For MailScanner Front-End (msfe):

wget –no-check-certificate https://download.configserver.com/msfeinstaller.tgz
tar -xzf msfeinstaller.tgz
perl msfeinstaller.pl
/usr/mscpanel/mscheck.pl

Configserver Explorer:

wget –no-check-certificate https://download.configserver.com/cse.tgz
tar -xzf cse.tgz
cd cse
sh install.sh

Configserver Modsecurity Control:

wget –no-check-certificate https://download.configserver.com/cmc.tgz
tar -xzf cmc.tgz
cd cmc
sh install.sh

Configserver Mail Manage:

wget –no-check-certificate https://download.configserver.com/cmm.tgz
tar -xzf cmm.tgz
cd cmm
sh install.sh

Configserver Mail Queues:

wget –no-check-certificate https://download.configserver.com/cmq.tgz
tar -xzf cmq.tgz
cd cmq
sh install.sh

For Configserver Security & Firewall (csf):

csf -u

All script updater:

If you have multiple configserver commercial scripts installed, there is a single command you can run to update them all:

curl -s https://download.configserver.com/csupdate | perl

No, the bulk license system will close down at the same time as the general license server.

We hope that 30 days will be enough time to update all servers. If you are unable to get it done before 31st August please contact us and we may be able to assist.

Yes, we are working on releasing csf (ConfigServer Security & Firewall) under the GPLv3 license. If we do this, it will be before we close for business and the software will be made available via our GitHub repository.

Way to the Web Ltd and Configserver.com will be closing down permanently on 31 August 2025. The server software market has changed drastically in the more than 25 years since our company began, and we now find the business is no longer profitable so must come to an end.

All the details are available here.