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[Matt Thomas]

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Ellen Rothwax <ellen.rothwax at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Other than using Admin tools and removing references to Joomla, any
> suggestions to securing the sites better?


Having used 1&1 in the past, and having sites hacked when using them, I
changed to a different host and most of my security issues when away. I now
host my own sites on servers that I build and stop most exploits long
before they even get to the website. Any good host will do that too.

Make sure all *extensions* are up to date, not listed at
http://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List and passwords are strong.
I know that /administrator on my servers get hit with dictionary
attacks<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_attack> 100's
of times a day and using Admin Tools secret URL helps with that.

But, your host needs to be doing something better to prevent this behavior
before it gets to your site.

Hope that helps!

Best,

Matt Thomas
Founder betweenbrain <http://betweenbrain.com/>™
Lead Developer Construct Template Development
Framework<http://construct-framework.com/>
Phone: 203.632.9322
Twitter: @betweenbrain
Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain
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