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How to protect your website against hackers and malware

19/12/2018

We receive a lot of advice on protecting ourselves from identity theft, and keeping our credit cards safe. This is both when we’re swiping and when we’re doing transactions online. Fraudsters can pose as us and use our credit cards. Reversing those charges can be stressful, and it isn’t always successful. Plus, while your cash […]

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Installing and Configuring Configserver Security & Firewall (CSF)

12/12/2018

ConfigServer Firewall, or CSF, is a security tool that can help protect your server against attacks and improve server safety. It is a Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall, login/intrusion detection and security application. It is designed for Linux servers and is free to use. How to install and configure ConfigServer Firewall ConfigServer Firewall will work […]

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How to set up 301 Redirects in WordPress

05/12/2018

If you have recently migrated your site or changed your URLs, 301 redirects in WordPress are useful to avoid a decrease in visitors. When you migrate your website, transfer the site to HTTPS or SSL, or redesign your site in a way that changes URLs, permalinks or slug structure, your old site version with display […]

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Install cPanel on Centos

14/11/2018

You can install cPanel on CentOS for better system administration. cPanel is a web-based control panel that can make tasks like website creation, database management and database deployment so much easier to manage. cPanel is convenient in that it allows users to administer servers through a GUI interface instead of the traditional command line. To […]

Linux Security

Set up Firewalld on Centos 7

07/11/2018

Setting up FirewallD on CentOS 7 is a relatively easy and straightforward process. FirewallD is a firewall management tool that CentOS 7 servers offer by default. It provides a dynamic managed firewall with support for network/firewall zones. How to set up FirewallD on CentOS 7 Here we show you how to set up FirewallD on […]

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Changes in Chrome For https & http Indicators

26/10/2018

There have been a number of changes in Chrome for HTTPS & HTTP indicators that may affect your website and business. It is prudent to take note of these changes to ensure that your website is not negatively affected. What you need to know When Chrome 68 was released in July of this year, the […]

How to protect your website against hackers and malware

Installing and Configuring Configserver Security & Firewall (CSF)

How to set up 301 Redirects in WordPress

Install cPanel on Centos

Set up Firewalld on Centos 7

Changes in Chrome For https & http Indicators

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