Webmasters need to be jack of all trades. They need to configure and design their websites, interact with the community, make regular backups and ensure that the website is secure and up to date so that it cannot be hacked, at least not by button pushers. Tools aid the webmaster in securing and testing the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Website Security Check
Webmasters should pay close attention to their websites. Just missing one update of the blogging software, forum script or database engine can be enough to give attackers the means to take over. Websites can be defaced or – which some webmasters consider even more seriously – manipulated in various ways. This includes links to other [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Secure your server with htaccess
I apologize if this topic drifts a bit away from the usual ones you find here at ghacks but I thought it would be extremely useful for everyone who has a server or webspace that supports htaccess and htpasswd. Htaccess files can do much more than just secure a directory on your server or website but I want to concentrate on this topic because it is something that I have been using on some of my websites for a very long time to increase security.