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Title: HOW TO SECURE YOUR JOOMLA WEBSITE ?


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HOW TO SECURE YOUR JOOMLA WEBSITE ?
  • www.HostingRaja.in

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  • There is no CMS on earth which is 100 secure and
    hacker proof. It is in the hands of website
    administrator. However, you can follow these
    simple steps which will increase the security of
    your joomla website significantly.
  • Step1 Always try to use the latest version of
    Joomla. You can follow the below URL for
    upgrading the existing website
  • http//docs.joomla.org/Upgrade_Instructions
  • Step2 Avoid using vulnerable third party
    extensions. You can check the 3rd party/non
    Joomla! Extensions at below URL.
  • http//docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List
  • Step3 Change the default admin username to
    something safe and unique and choose a strong
    password. Password should contain minimum 8
    letters with special characters, numbers and
    alphabets.

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  • Step 4 Always use correct hosting settings such
    as safe_mode should be ON, Joomla's Register
    Globals Emulation OFF (for Joomla 1.0.x) , use
    PHP5 rather than PHP4.
  • Step 5 write-protect your Joomla configuration
    file. You can set 044 permission to the
    configuration.php file. (PHP.INI settings)
  • disable_functions "show_source, system,
    shell_exec, passthru, exec, popen, proc_open,
    allow_url_fopen"
  • file_uploads Off (If you dont want file
    upload, then make it off)
  • safe_mode On
  • Step6 Delete unused templates and unwanted
    files/folders from your root directory
  • Step7 It is a common practice to give 777
    permission to the folder in joomla pack, which is
    a security threat. Correct permission of folders
    in Linux environment is 755.
  • You can use this in Linux
  • find /home/i/public_html -perm 777 -type f -exec
    chmod 644 \
  • find /home/i/public_html -perm 777 -type d -exec
    chmod 755 \
  • Step8 Change the default database prefix from
    jos_ to some other string

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  • Step 9 You need to make sue that your local
    machine from which you make changes in live
    website is virus free. This is very important.
    You can scan your computer with any updated
    antivirus available in market
  • Step 10 Use SEF companent. The SEF component
    includes a security feature that sends you a
    warning whenever your site has been exposed to an
    attack. It also gives you the option to remove
    the generator tag from your site.
  • Step 11 Delete the version number of installed
    extensions by editing the config files.
  • Step 12 Install jsecure authentication plugin,
    this helps you in adding a suffix to your admin
    URL to make it look like this http//www.yoursite
    .com/administrator?sometext If the URL is not
    entered with a correct suffix, the site will
    redirect to a 404 (not found) page. You can also
    change the suffix regularly. This plugin is not
    free, you need to pay for it but its worth it.

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  • If you follow these steps, you can make it
    considerably difficult for a hacker to hack into
    your website.
  • Hosting Raja provides security malware
    detection services free of cost to its valuable
    customers. To know more, Please visit
    http//www.hostingraja.in/joomla-security-tips
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