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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

Chapter 4. Surf Safe

Welcome to the danger zone!

As soon as we plug the PC into the wall, into the global network, we're in no man's land. Flying malwares fill the air, and however much we have secured the network locally, we and our data are in the line of fire, and susceptible to social scams and zero day attacks.

And that's just on a trusted machine. The threat level redlines when we're out and about, sharing PCs and hot-spotting wireless connections.

Let's prepare for and strengthen these weak links and, while we're about it, lock down the browser and chain up our mail. Here are the marching orders:

  • Secure the router and consider advanced firmware

  • Tackle public PC and hotspot wireless issues

  • Pin down e-mail clients, locally and remotely

  • Appraise browsers before firming up Firefox

  • Crack out anonymous, encrypted web activity

  • Become a trifle concerned about social networks

First though, before surfing off into the Wild Wild West that is the dub-dub-dub, let's browse a little closer to home to bulletproof...