Re: Web practices

From: S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 08:32:18 -0700

Hello,
At 05:26 16-04-2015, Sun wrote:
>Best practices:
>Check rwx permissions.
>Keep CMS's updated.
>Use strong passwords.
>Use efficient code(so that you don't DOS yourself, been there :P )
>Keep up with the latest news.
>Have a backup plan to restore a website if need be.
>Never stop learning
>Have a contact channel so that people can report bugs.

Thanks for sharing the above.

The topic is about web practices. The problem would be Content
Management Systems (software) practices as the security issues
mentioned on the mailing list are mostly related to that type of software.

Nirvan and Nadim mentioned that most web sites (in Mauritius) are
compromised are they are running outdated Content Management
Systems. I would rate the skills required to exploit a security
issue in some versions of Content Management Systems as low. Is it a
good idea to install software if the software will be running with
serious vulnerabilities in a few months? I don't think so.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy
Received on Sat Apr 18 2015 - 15:32:40 PST