Joe West released his Maximum Security service not long back, which has been a huge success. But Joe is away sick, at the moment (Joe has Crohn's disease) and won't be back for awhile. We have literally received bags of emails from those Semiologic users who want to know how to implement Joe's techniques for themselves. Well, now you can.
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Nearly every Semiologic user uses FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to transfer files to their server. DON'T DO IT!
You see, FTP is a security issue, because it sends your data to the server in clear text. This means that your username and password are sent to the server that can be easily read by "sniffers", who strategically places themselves outside your server. Once they have that information, they can easily gain entry to your website, and more times than not, the password is a password that you use on all of your accounts.
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Since the long awaited release of WordPress 2.8, it has been discovered that there are two fatal bugs! These bugs are related to the installer and has been erasing files and folders when installing. Patches have been done, but WordPress 2.8.1 won't be released until the end of June. WordPress developers have always released too early and 2.8 is no exception.
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WordPress/Semiologic are really great programs, but because they are open source, they have security vulnerabilities. Hackers will take advantage of these vulnerabilities to exploit your site and destroy everything!
The question is not, will you be hacked, but, when will I be hacked! If you haven't secured your site, then you will be hacked, it is just a matter of time. Hackers use many methods to break into your site and these areas need to be secured. Having security on your site is imperative. Secure it or lose it!
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I am constantly amazed at how many WordPress and Semiologic users fail to protect their directories, in particular, their plugins directory. These directories are vulnerable to hackers doing some serious damage to your site. If you look at a site's wp-content/plugins directory through your browser, more times than not, you will see their complete list of plugins! This is a security issue and needs to be quickly fixed.
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If you are like most folks, you absolutely hate spam and their dastardly methods.
Everyone is fed up with spammers, including the search engines, like Google. 2009 will see a shake up of how search engines treat sites, and their number one priority is to weed out the bottom feeding scum, or more commonly known as spammers. If you want to take a proactive role in removing these festering sponges, then start at your own website.
I have written a small article that has a link to what to put in your htaccess file, to stop these moochers from stealing your stuff. The article is called Banning Bad Robots.
But if you want to make sure you get all the scum to stay away, then I have created this robots.txt file, that you can either, add to your existing robots.txt file, or just use it to created a new robots.txt file.Read more on Spam, Speed & Security…
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I have spent so much time on semiologic forums trying to get answers to questions. Maxx responded within a few hours with a video to show me the answer to my question AND I was up and running to be able to keep going with my site development.
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