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 […]
Mobile Friendly Web Sites
MOBILE now accounts for over half of all web traffic¹, making performance on small screens more important than ever. Scary isn’t it.. “half” of all traffic comes from users on smart phones. A mobile responsive web site detects the device being used and displays the page according to the device. Web sites that are mobile […]