Comments on: Do Yourself A Favor-Stop Advertising Your Plugins To The Whole World http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/ Musings About Affiliate Marketing and Blogging Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:50:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ben Holmes http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Ben Holmes Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:40:10 +0000 http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/#comment-817 I'm embarrassed to discover that I had no protection! I have in the past had problems with hackers, and I thought I had my blogs locked down enough. It's clear that I don't! I tried the Index Manager solution that one of the commenters mentioned, and it's easy and it works. I don't like any of my directories to be open and viewable. Thanks for publishing this! I’m embarrassed to discover that I had no protection! I have in the past had problems with hackers, and I thought I had my blogs locked down enough. It’s clear that I don’t!

I tried the Index Manager solution that one of the commenters mentioned, and it’s easy and it works. I don’t like any of my directories to be open and viewable.

Thanks for publishing this!

]]> By: Ben Holmes http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/comment-page-1/#comment-5490 Ben Holmes Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:40:10 +0000 http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/#comment-5490 I'm embarrassed to discover that I had no protection! I have in the past had problems with hackers, and I thought I had my blogs locked down enough. It's clear that I don't!<br><br>I tried the Index Manager solution that one of the commenters mentioned, and it's easy and it works. I don't like any of my directories to be open and viewable.<br><br>Thanks for publishing this! I'm embarrassed to discover that I had no protection! I have in the past had problems with hackers, and I thought I had my blogs locked down enough. It's clear that I don't!

I tried the Index Manager solution that one of the commenters mentioned, and it's easy and it works. I don't like any of my directories to be open and viewable.

Thanks for publishing this!

]]> By: Dane Morgan http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/comment-page-1/#comment-816 Dane Morgan Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:23:32 +0000 http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/#comment-816 I'm not sure how much value this will specifically bring to your security. Most attackers aren't going to bother checking to see if you have a compromised plugin installed. They simply amass domain listings of WP installs and use robots to launch the attack against each blog on the list. That said, I can think of other good reasons to do this anyways, and not only in the plugins folder, but every folder that does not have an explicit index.php file already in it (root & admin). Also as I like to say, site security is a lot like car alarms. Nothing you do that leaves your site usable can tottaly prevent someone who really wants in from getting in. But there are lots of little things you can do to make it easier to just hit someone else. @ lucia. Back when I did porn I actually created fake Apach directory list pages. All of the listed images were of course links to rev share programs. ;) I’m not sure how much value this will specifically bring to your security. Most attackers aren’t going to bother checking to see if you have a compromised plugin installed. They simply amass domain listings of WP installs and use robots to launch the attack against each blog on the list.

That said, I can think of other good reasons to do this anyways, and not only in the plugins folder, but every folder that does not have an explicit index.php file already in it (root & admin).

Also as I like to say, site security is a lot like car alarms. Nothing you do that leaves your site usable can tottaly prevent someone who really wants in from getting in. But there are lots of little things you can do to make it easier to just hit someone else.

@ lucia. Back when I did porn I actually created fake Apach directory list pages. All of the listed images were of course links to rev share programs. ;)

]]> By: Dane Morgan http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/comment-page-1/#comment-5491 Dane Morgan Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:23:32 +0000 http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/#comment-5491 I'm not sure how much value this will specifically bring to your security. Most attackers aren't going to bother checking to see if you have a compromised plugin installed. They simply amass domain listings of WP installs and use robots to launch the attack against each blog on the list.<br><br>That said, I can think of other good reasons to do this anyways, and not only in the plugins folder, but every folder that does not have an explicit index.php file already in it (root & admin).<br><br>Also as I like to say, site security is a lot like car alarms. Nothing you do that leaves your site usable can tottaly prevent someone who really wants in from getting in. But there are lots of little things you can do to make it easier to just hit someone else.<br><br>@ lucia. Back when I did porn I actually created fake Apach directory list pages. All of the listed images were of course links to rev share programs. ;) I'm not sure how much value this will specifically bring to your security. Most attackers aren't going to bother checking to see if you have a compromised plugin installed. They simply amass domain listings of WP installs and use robots to launch the attack against each blog on the list.

That said, I can think of other good reasons to do this anyways, and not only in the plugins folder, but every folder that does not have an explicit index.php file already in it (root & admin).

Also as I like to say, site security is a lot like car alarms. Nothing you do that leaves your site usable can tottaly prevent someone who really wants in from getting in. But there are lots of little things you can do to make it easier to just hit someone else.

@ lucia. Back when I did porn I actually created fake Apach directory list pages. All of the listed images were of course links to rev share programs. ;)

]]> By: Lea http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Lea Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:00:19 +0000 http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/#comment-815 Darn, and I thought you were being clever :) Darn, and I thought you were being clever :)

]]> By: Vlad http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Vlad Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:17:16 +0000 http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/#comment-814 Lea, lol no that was not done on purpose, just one of those dyslexic moments :) Lea,

lol no that was not done on purpose, just one of those dyslexic moments :)

]]> By: Lea http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/comment-page-1/#comment-5492 Lea Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:00:19 +0000 http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/#comment-5492 Darn, and I thought you were being clever :) Darn, and I thought you were being clever :)

]]> By: Vlad http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/comment-page-1/#comment-5493 Vlad Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:17:16 +0000 http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/#comment-5493 Lea,<br><br>lol no that was not done on purpose, just one of those dyslexic moments :) Lea,

lol no that was not done on purpose, just one of those dyslexic moments :)

]]> By: Lea http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Lea Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:37:21 +0000 http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/#comment-813 I think Lucia is suggesting a good solution :) But tell me - did you type 'webstie' by accident or on purpose? I think you've just created a new way to describe one's website :) I think Lucia is suggesting a good solution :)
But tell me – did you type ‘webstie’ by accident or on purpose?
I think you’ve just created a new way to describe one’s website :)

]]> By: Lea http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/comment-page-1/#comment-5494 Lea Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:37:21 +0000 http://sageblogger.com/do-yourslef-a-favor-stop-advertising-your-plugins-to-the-whole-world/#comment-5494 I think Lucia is suggesting a good solution :)<br>But tell me - did you type 'webstie' by accident or on purpose?<br>I think you've just created a new way to describe one's website :) I think Lucia is suggesting a good solution :)
But tell me – did you type 'webstie' by accident or on purpose?
I think you've just created a new way to describe one's website :)

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