Monthly Archives: July 2010

htaccess file – your first line of defence

An important first line of defence for you website is the handling of HTTP Requests by the web server. A number of common attacks such as Cross-Site Scripting, Local File Inclusion and SQL Injection all start with transmission of hostile … Continue reading

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An Overview of a Web Server

In our previous post we looked at how an Internet connection works, the content the user wanted to view was stored on a web server. If you are building or running your own website it helps if you understand the … Continue reading

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An Overview of Internet Connections

To understand the factors and risks which affect the security of your website, it is helpful to have a basic understanding of how the Internet works. This post sets the scene, introducing some of the basic concepts which we will … Continue reading

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