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WordPress 3 Ultimate Security

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WordPress 3 Ultimate Security

Overview of this book

Most likely – today – some hacker tried to crack your WordPress site, its data and content – maybe once but, with automated tools, very likely dozens or hundreds of times. There's no silver bullet but if you want to cut the odds of a successful attack from practically inevitable to practically zero, read this book. WordPress 3 Ultimate Security shows you how to hack your site before someone else does. You'll uncover its weaknesses before sealing them off, securing your content and your day-to-day local-to-remote editorial process. This is more than some "10 Tips ..." guide. It's ultimate protection – because that's what you need. Survey your network, using the insight from this book to scan for and seal the holes before galvanizing the network with a rack of cool tools. Solid! The WordPress platform is only as safe as the weakest network link, administrator discipline, and your security knowledge. We'll cover the bases, underpinning your working process from any location, containing content, locking down the platform, your web files, the database, and the server. With that done, your ongoing security is infinitely more manageable. Covering deep-set security yet enjoyable to read, WordPress 3 Ultimate Security will multiply your understanding and fortify your site.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
WordPress 3 Ultimate Security
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Sizing up connection options


To introduce the protocols, let's example a WordPress setup: site, server, and database.

Rather than just hoping for the best, as developers, we must consider who needs to connect to where, why, and given those facts, what protocol to use in each situation.

User

Login

Reason

Protocol

Regular visitor

Website

Browsing

HTTP

Regular visitor

Website

Shopping or client

HTTP + SSL = HTTPS

Editor

Dashboard

Post content

HTTP + SSL = HTTPS

Administrator

Dashboard

Maintenance

HTTP + SSL = HTTPS

Administrator

Server

Maintenance

SSH

Administrator

Control panel

Maintenance

HTTP + SSL = HTTPS

Administrator

Server directory

File management

SFTP

Administrator

Database

Maintenance

SSH or HTTPS

Of course, the reality is that these ideal protocols tend not to be the ones we use. Rather than using HTTPS for Dashboard access, for example, we generally rely on HTTP. Rather than SFTP for uploading files, we may use FTP. Rather than using SSH with its...