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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

Breaking Windows: considering alternatives


If you're running Windows 7, fair play. If you bought Vista, you have my sympathy! In either case, you at least have the security of the User Account Control (UAC) which we address soon. Then again, if you're one of the 50% of system owners running XP, else use an earlier Windows edition, then the best advice is to upgrade to a system that polices security with a deny-by-default strategy—such as with the UAC, with ultra-tough BSD systems, with Linux and with Macs—and that we addressed, along with the benefits of open source software, in Chapter 1, Weighing up Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Maybe take another look.

In terms of Macs, its native OS X runs only on costly Apple hardware, however delicious. Free Hackintosh alternatives are tweaked for use on a PC. If you take the OS X route, a word of warning: backing up with the default Time Machine should be done to an exclusive drive. Many folks have lost non-Mac files using this dubious utility and...