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The Benefits of Jailing SSH Users
Friday, April 13th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Yes, SSH users should be jailed, but only within the confines of your server’s virtual prison. SSH, which stands for Secure Shell, is a tool that gives users command-line access to a server. Those technical savvy web hosting users who...

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Fighting the Silent Killer: Spam
Friday, March 23rd, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Spam is ugly. In some ways, it may even be uglier than viruses or security holes. Spam is deliberate and calculated. The spammer wants your business but does not have the dignity to approach you through conventional means. Moreover, as...

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How to Secure Your Web Applications
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE It is easy to overlook web application security with so many other concerns, such as network security and file system integrity. The reality is, however, that even with an ironclad firewall and a fully updated and secure operating system, your...

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Understanding the Dangers of Open Relays
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE One of the most horrible experiences you can have is to be accused of something you know you did not do. Imagine if one day the police showed up at your door and told you that you were under arrest...

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Five Things to Look for in Good E-Commerce Hosting
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Pretty much every web hosting company on the planet offers some type of e-commerce hosting package. After all, e-commerce customers tend to make money from their websites, and that means they are willing to spend and keep spending to keep...

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Password Generators for Hosting Security
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Web hosting security is an ongoing struggle. No matter how well-prepared you think you are for security issues, there is always something more you can do. One of the biggest security vulnerabilities that system administrators and individual users alike often...

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Secure Your Websites with a File Integrity Checker
Monday, December 26th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Many people manage their websites with a concept called “out of sight, out of mind”. The premise of this concept supposes that if you cannot easily identify a vulnerability in your system, it is as if it does not exist....

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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 Setup Remote MySQL in cPanel
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE MySQL is an open source relational database management system that is among the most popular on the web. Typically, web hosting users access MySQL through their web-based control panel or through a free web application, such as phpMyAdmin. More advanced...

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The Benefits and Limitations of Firewalls
Monday, November 21st, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE When a firewall works, few notice it or even remember that it is there. When someone fails to have an adequate firewall or does not have one at all, it gets a lot of attention, once the inevitable attacks occur....

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