Website Security

[Albert Shagnastier]

using Joomla and Virtuemart

stop - why would you use a space shuttle to pull a somtam cart ?

your server should only be running a webserver serving basic web pages on port 80 ( have SSH daemon running to admin the server ) - link the purchase product link to a ebay/paypal page and let them look after that sh1t

'tinternet security is so fcuked because everyone is running software meant to manage massive database backends and then allowing all sorts of offsite calls to make the thing "pretty" and serve ads etc

if you have 10 products it should require about 12 static pages ( one index page and , 10 product spec pages and a contact page ) and no javascript

if your server provider ( will be a virtual server anyway ) gets hacked , nothing you can do will help

I was using the "Share This" add on to promote SEO'd articles acrross 20/30 social network sites to drive traffic and sales.

If you create static shops in Google / EBAY / Alibaba etc - how do you promote the store/products?

[Butterfly]

Butters, what was it you were saying about someone stiffing you for Bt20,000!

Harry, I understand living in your corporate basement shielded you from the real decision markers and the purchase managers buying all those toys you play with in your basement, but for us, the real players, those kind of "hitech" services are quite common, and when you have a real annual budget to buy something else than just iPhone and Android gadgets, you would understand what it means to secure strategic heavy load servers.

In the meantime, keep downloading those XDA "kernels" to fill your working days

[Butterfly]

windows

Maybe like you say I should just shut them down and sell through ebay instead. Let them deal with the security.

having a Windows server on the net to serve public pages is asking for trouble already. It was probably secured by your hosting company, but the additional software you added were probably not secure enough. It's not that hard to secure those little software, but nobody is going to do it for a few hundreds. You could learn basic security techniques for those applications, wouldn't take long, about a week or less, depending on your existing computing skills.

[Albert Shagnastier]

having a Windows server on the net to serve public pages is asking for trouble already. It was probably secured by your hosting company, but the additional software you added were probably not secure enough. It's not that hard to secure those little software, but nobody is going to do it for a few hundreds. You could learn basic security techniques for those applications, wouldn't take long, about a week or less, depending on your existing computing skills.

Respect mate - exactly the same reply from the hosting company today. The've said pretty much exactly the same - comes through un-safe ad-ons/plug ins.

Re-set it all and sent me a security manual to learn for basic security settings.

Cheers.

[harrybarracuda]

Butters, what was it you were saying about someone stiffing you for Bt20,000!

Harry, I understand living in your corporate basement shielded you from the real decision markers and the purchase managers buying all those toys you play with in your basement, but for us, the real players, those kind of "hitech" services are quite common, and when you have a real annual budget to buy something else than just iPhone and Android gadgets, you would understand what it means to secure strategic heavy load servers.

In the meantime, keep downloading those XDA "kernels" to fill your working days

Haha is that your annual budget? I spend more than that on MDM.

Here you go, a contribution to Butterfly's Cowboy Outfit.

[Merrimack]

Yep....

[Butterfly]

Haha is that your annual budget? I spend more than that on MDM.

your whole budget is spend on the same "consumer" gadgets as anyone else, speak of a real "IT budget"

at least I spend my IT budget on real services and real know-how, not toys for corporate drones

[harrybarracuda]

Haha is that your annual budget? I spend more than that on MDM.

your whole budget is spend on the same "consumer" gadgets as anyone else, speak of a real "IT budget"

at least I spend my IT budget on real services and real know-how, not toys for corporate drones

No no, Buttplug.

That's a separate budget item. I call that "ICT Planning and Research".