Results for ‘FTP’

Want Security? Abandon FTP for SFTP
Monday, December 19th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Security through obscurity rarely works as well as one would hope. Instead, you run the risk of being hit by an anonymous hacker who found you through a random vulnerability scan. In the old days FTP was the best option...

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How to Fix WordPress Theme Errors
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE It is a frightening scenario. Your WordPress blog has been running just fine for years, but you finally decided to try out some new themes. One of the themes you try goes crazy and completely brings down your WordPress site....

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Using SSH for Secure File Transfer
Thursday, September 8th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Transferring files to and from your web server is one of the most important tasks you will do. Although most websites these days have content management systems that allow you to create dynamic content from within your web browser, there...

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Understanding Unix and Linux File Permissions
Thursday, August 4th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Unix-like operating systems (Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, and others) use the standard POSIX file permission system for user and file security.  It is simple yet powerful, and while there are other more complex options, such as ACL, these...

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