Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

Creating Password Protected Folders using htaccess

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Important: This method of password protecting folders does not provide protection for highly secure information. It is mainly to keep more casual users from accessing a page through a Web browser. See the limitations to this method of authentication for details. On this page: Part 1: Create a password file and put it on the server Part 2: Create an .htaccess file in the folder you would like restricted Part 3: Test the set up Limitations to this method of authentication Part 1: Create a password file and put ...

Spyware Threats and Protection

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Spyware is software for the most embarrassing appearing on the Internet lately. When the spyware infects a system may be relatively harmless or May to be devastating. Spyware like coolwebsearch and new.net are capable of paralyzing a computer system. Laws to regulate spyware are underway in many states and may this year to implement. What is Spyware? Spyware is software that collects information on the equipment and / or computer user. It is installed on a computer and sends the information to another computer. Some spyware programs such as climate Bug, Bear Share and Kazaa are knowingly ...

3 Tips To Protect Your WordPress Installation

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Here are three easy but important ways to protect yourself if you run a WordPress blog: Secure your /wp-admin/ directory. What I’ve done is lock down /wp-admin/ so that only certain IP addresses can access that directory. I use an .htaccess file, which you can place directly at /wp-admin/.htaccess . This is what mine looks like: AuthUserFile /dev/null AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthName “Access Control” AuthType Basic order deny,allow deny from all # whitelist home IP address allow from 64.233.169.99 # whitelist work IP address allow from 69.147.114.210 allow from 199.239.136.200 # IP while in Kentucky; delete when back allow from 128.163.2.27 I’ve changed ...