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This is a quick and simple backup script, specifically created for use with Online.net’s 100GB FTP Storage, which is given for free when buying one of their dedicated servers. The steps listed below can be found in my Backup script collection on GitHub here: https://github.com/ryanfitton/lxc-mysql-tar-backup-script-collection The script below is simple, saves as ‘sudo sh backup_files2ftp.sh’ ...

I've recently found that the public WP REST API endpoints within WordPress can provide information which can be used in 'hacking' attempts. One such endpoint is '/wp-json/wp/v2/users' (e.g. https://yourdomain.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users), this will display Admin usernames to any unauthenticated user. There are a couple of way to mitigate this risk, install the Disable REST API or add...

Today I found out you can easily notify Google of an XML sitemap by ‘pinging’ Google via a GET request: http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=URLOFSITEMAP.xml You can perform this via PHP, or if running on Linux; use wget.

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I’ve recently came across the https://cipherli.st/ site, from the cron.weekly email newsletter (I highly suggest you sign-up, some great posts and sites featured). Cipherli.st allows you to copy and paste SSL ciphers for a variety of web software (Apache, Nginx, etc.).