Looking through my hosting folders and noticed a new subdirectory (folder) that we didn’t put there. .well-known | pki-validation What is it and how did it get there? cPanel automatically adds SSL certificates to your domains so you rank better on search engines and have a more secure site. The process of generating these certificates […]
Get A Valid SSL Certificate
Google’s Chrome browser will display a security warning on all web sites that are not HTTPS starting October 2017. If your website has text input fields on an HTTP page or it is opened in the incognito mode, Chrome will display a warning notification to the user. What’s next? Your website will be deemed “not […]
Server Migration: Uber > Netregistry
VPS server (ripefruitdns): leased from UberGlobal (previously Jumba) since 2008. In February 2017, AFR reported: Melbourne IT has acquired Australia’s third largest cloud service provider UberGlobal. In March 2017 we were advised by UberGlobal by email that it was moving to Netregistry. Melbourne IT acquired NetRegistry in 2014. We will be relocating your VPS to our new […]
Best WordPress Security Fix
How we locked down our WordPress web sites, but in one move drastically improved server performance. Keeping in mind that the most common attack against WordPress is brute force passwords, then why not stop it in it’s tracks by blocking access to wp-admin. By blocking all access to WordPress Admin except to known IP Addresses, […]
How important is website security?
As a host as well as a developer we see both sides of website security when it comes to attack and defence. An idea of the level of attacks still taking place, we see a (monthly) report published by security expert Wordfence, WordPress Attack Report. WordPress Attack Report This report contains the top 25 attacking […]