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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

Good bot, bad bot


If you haven't got an inkling what this bot business is about, you're really missing out.

Bot what?

Essentially, bots are scouts, seeking out information. Often, that's for a mutually-beneficial reason such as to furnish search engines with your latest-greatest. Sometimes these scripts are deployed by corporations, scrutinizing the use of their brand. Frequently they are harvesters, listing e-mail addresses or scraping site content. All too often they are pure evil, searching for site weaknesses. In all cases, they report back to their botmasters.

Take a peek at your server access logs to see how bots operate, for good and bad. If you install a plugin such as WordPress Firewall, scrutinize the alert e-mails to see how evil bots try to penetrate your site, some making dozens of requests within seconds, for example, as they automate directory traversal techniques...