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All Of STM's Threads On Server Security (10)

07-03-2013 11:36 AM #1 caurmen (Administrator)
All Of STM's Threads On Server Security

Hate your campaigns getting ripped? Worried about your tracking getting hacked? Concerned if your server's secure?

You're not the only one. In fact, it's a huge concern for most of us - which is why over the years we've had all these great guides to protecting your campaigns, trackers and servers pop up on STM.

Now, here they are - all of STM's wisdom on security, here in one place!

Guides

STM Guide To Basic Server Security

I explain the absolute must-haves for server security. Don't want to get hacked? Read this.

EAT A DICK SPYTOOLS! Counter-Counter Intelligence
Don't get mad, get even. A really useful discussion and some ideas on how to profit when other people swipe your campaigns.

Protect Your Nuts Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Tjin's legendary thread with loads of useful tips on stopping people from spying and stealing your landers

3 Must-Have Security Settings For Apache (And LiteSpeed, Ish)
I cover three musts for your server security if you're running Apache - preventing DOSes, making it harder to hack your system, and stopping people for searching for your landers.

Cure The Most Common Cause Of Dead Apache Servers
There's one setting that kills more Apache servers than any other. Find out how to stop it from happening.

How To Protect Your Prosper From Attacks
For any tracker, not just Prosper - a great discussion of various ways to protect your tracker from hacking.

Tips

How to block traffic from spy tools!
One tip on how to block spy tools if you know what referrers you're expecting.

Securing Prosper202 with an extra password (Htaccess)
How to add an additional password to your Prosper login to make it even harder to hack

If you know of an STM security thread I've missed, please mention it below! I pay a bounty of Thanks for threads found!

And if you have a security question that isn't covered by these guides, let me know and I'll see about getting it written!

07-03-2013 12:57 PM #2 gritz (Member)

It's that damn caurmen! He's so hot right now!

Great tips as always, dude! Could you do some nginx-specific tutorials?

07-03-2013 02:53 PM #3 rafael (Member)

I've got a few nginx articles bookmarked (non-STM) , there's some good security stuff in here:

Nginx: Pitfalls and common mistakes
Nginx for Developers: An Introduction
Nginx Configuration Primer
Setting up PHP-FastCGI and nginx? Don’t trust the tutorials: check your configuration!

07-03-2013 04:29 PM #4 thetopham (Member)

thank you.... had some Ukraine address try to hack my tracking VPS. Going to read over this now

07-03-2013 05:11 PM #5 bbrock32 (Administrator)

Sick post! Thanks for it.

07-03-2013 05:56 PM #6 keepitsimple (Member)

very useful. Since I started adult, I've had my cpvlab database deleted so very useful post for me.

07-03-2013 08:44 PM #7 dragoshsd (Member)

Shit, by a competitor?

Quote Originally Posted by keepitsimple View Post
very useful. Since I started adult, I've had my cpvlab database deleted so very useful post for me.

07-03-2013 10:28 PM #8 keepitsimple (Member)

no idea, but Beyond got it sorted out really fast and restored all my campaign data so didn't end up being a huge deal. I would assume it had to be a competitor, who else would remove just those files lol

07-04-2013 11:03 AM #9 caurmen (Administrator)

No worries, glad it's useful!

And yep, I shall add Nginx tutorials to the to-do list! There's a solid Nginx server security tutorial over here, which may be worth a look to start with.

07-05-2013 05:25 AM #10 tmcalvin (Member)

Thanks Caurmen, Awesome having them all accessible in one place.

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