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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

Look (out), no wires


Can you hear the alarm bells? It's like the top of the hour in a clock factory.

Here's the deal. You run a router, plugged into a modem, that's plugged into the wall. The modem side of the router may have a firewall and that's something to play with, some people preferring it to the equivalent package for non-mobile machines. Otherwise, your PC pushes and pulls data packets to and from the wireless box.

... It's those few feet of invisible waves, and their potential interception, that concerns us.

What we need to do is to harden the web connection so that sensitive data can't be stolen and the neighbors aren't riding pillion on the bandwidth.

Alt: physical cable connection

The inconvenient alternative, perhaps, wires are the safest as well as the fastest choice. There is no way to improve upon the security of a cabled connection.

The wireless management utility

Plug your PC into the router with an ethernet cable and browse to its IP address to open its manager. The address...