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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghosthunter" data-source="post: 608" data-attributes="member: 6">Here are some suggestions I received (with the password length set to 20 characters):<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">rfg$t^cvwBg@Z0lj0Oxu</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1sNYhBXrYJ2IW^J$f@Sq</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Plg6#YicW%bh&UzVpp#Z</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">f95^*sMm592OwQcg&QZi</li> </ul>Finally, if you have a website where others are allowed to create an account, make sure that you apply password verification and refuse to accept all passwords that aren't terrible.Yes, a new user is good, but as they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions?Update your software regularlyIf your shared hosting account provides you with an administration panel that allows you to update your installed software, I strongly recommend that you do so.What for?Not because it seems elite,but because new software has been released that pretty much fixes security loopholes found in previous releases (Aha! Now you know why your Windows is so desperate for you to keep updating it).Please don't take this seriously (or indeed, any suggestion in this article).It's impossible to tell how many installations, applications, servers, and devices are time bombs because they use old software.If you're rolling your eyes at this, I'm with you – there's nothing more painful than having to constantly check, test, update, and discard what doesn't work.But this is a "tax" that we pay for digital infrastructure – our digital properties are much more sensitive and much more powerful than other familiar elements, and therefore require special attention.Once again, if you can afford it, look into this issue.Choose a more secure hosting providerNot all hosting providers are designed to be the same, and in this world of aggressive advertising and affiliate marketing, it can be hard to tell the good from the bad.So, how do you decide which hosting provider is "better"?I would like to have a magic criterion, but I don't have one.Hosting infrastructure is a complex beast, and no amount of ratings, reviews, website design, or customer friendliness can provide a good metric.But I will say this: if you have any problems, feel free to try something new.Anyway, I would advise you to stay away from very old, very large companies selling domains and hosting (you know who I'm referring to, don't you?! ;-)) and instead give a chance to some young, hungry companies.Switching to a safer, more efficient service provider can save you hours of headaches and sleepless nights.I have a few friends who run content-centric WordPress sites whose website problems disappeared as soon as they took the bold (and painful) step to switch to another hosting service, and there hasn't been a single problem in recent years.They say little things like a slow website and downtime aren't worth their time, and I think they're right?Use DDoS protectionThe essence of the Internet is that it is a "worldwide network".Anyone from anywhere can access your site or attempt to hack it.Even bots.Now, if out of several thousand visits to your site every hour, 99% of bots are trying to find a way out, you have a problem – not only are these useless requests eating up system resources, they are also consuming bandwidth from your quota.I know that shared hosting sites claim "unlimited" bandwidth, but believe me, nothing is unlimited.Even if we assume for a second that they offer unlimited data transfer every month, let's not forget that the physical networks that connect everything have limited bandwidth.In other words, the number of users your website can serve is limited at the same time, so even if you can have unlimited monthly usage, your site will be very slow or inaccessible to users.And who wants to visit such a site, right?Most often, such an attack is organized by an attacker who controls several computers and forces them to visit the target website (as far as you know, your computer is not intentionally involved in such an attack).The scenario I just described is what is technically known as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, and it remains one of the most frustrating forms of attacks, as it is virtually indistinguishable from the large number of users accessing your Website.However, some companies, such as Cloudflare and SUCURI, have built superior security systems around them that can intelligently analyze and block DDoS attacks based on past traffic patterns.Again, this will be too expensive for many people, but then you will have to decide for yourself whether to risk losing your entire business.Cloud firewallFor those who don't know, a firewall is simply a piece of software running on your computer and network that blocks or allows traffic based on certain rules.Now it should be obvious what a "cloud" firewall is, but here's a picture that's definitely worth a thousand words?If an attacker even tries to check for vulnerabilities, the result will be instant blacklisting, making it very, very difficult to hack or destroy the network.Again, if you think it's expensive, keep the meter in mind!There are many other things you can do to make moments "safer", but I think if you take this article seriously, you will get rid of 99.9% of potentially embarrassing attacks and hacks.This is especially true for WordPress users as it is not a very secure platform.Even if you have a regular website in HTML format, keep in mind that DDoS attacks can ruin the opinion of your users, your hosting provider, and you at the same time.In other words, only the paranoid survives (there's a great book with that title, if you're interested)!?</blockquote>

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