You’re staring down the barrels of a full-bore denial of service attack. Your site is offline. Your e-commerce application is generating no money. Your boss is freaking out. What do you do? Your own ability to counter denial of service attack is going to be limited by the raw network capacity and server horsepower at […]
BackupBuddy Loopback Error and Password Protection
The infamous BackupBuddy loopback error is the source of much frustration in the WordPress community. BackupBuddy is a widely used WordPress plug-in makes backing up, restoring and moving WordPress sites pretty simple, but not if you’re banging your head against the wall over the whole loopback thing. If you’re struggling with BackupBuddy loopback errors, here’s one […]
WordPress Two Factor Authentication With Clef
WordPress two factor authentication is becoming more popular, with a growing number of two factor applications and plug-ins available in the WordPress ecosystem. Of the applications available today, we’re huge fans of Clef. Clef is a two-factor authentication system (plug-in and application combination) that replaces your WordPress site username and password with the camera in your […]
Preventing Denial of Service Attacks. Is It Possible?
Preventing denial of service attacks (DDoS) is certainly something worth looking into, but for most small to mid-sized businesses on the Internet, actually getting that done can be a tall order. This is true for one primary reason. Capacity. There are measures that can be taken to harden your infrastructure against the most common types […]
Denial Of Service Attack. What is it?
What is a denial of service attack? We get this question on a regular basis, and a denial of service attack can cripple a business, so its worth spending a few minutes to explain things without getting into too much techno-jargon. A denial of service attack is an attack launched by a hostile party designed […]