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Tom Canavan “Joomla! Web Security (With Source Code)”
October 2008 | English | ISBN-13: 978-1-847194-88-6 | 264 Pages | PDF | 8.47 MB
Joomla! is one of the most powerful open-source content management systems used to build websites and other powerful online applications. While Joomla! itself is inherently safe, misconfigurations, vulnerable components, poorly configured hosts, and weak passwords can all contribute to the downfall of your site. So, you need to know how to secure your website from security threats.
Today every website needs to take security into consideration. Using the knowledge here, your Joomla! site can be ahead of the security threats so prevalent today.
This book will take you all the way from the most basic steps of preparation to the nuts and bolts of actual protection. It is packed full of relevant and real-world topics such as security tools, configuration suggestions, setting up your test and development environment, reading and interpreting log files, and techniques used by bad hackers on the Internet. In addition to this you will learn how to respond to a site emergency should one occur and how to collect the evidence needed to pursue law enforcement action. This book covers Joomla! 1.0.x as well as 1.5.x.
The book provides a concise overview of all the parts needed to construct a defence-in-depth strategy for your Joomla! site. At the end of the book you will have a solid security foundation to take your Joomla! website to a higher level of security than the basic site setup.
What you will learn from this book
This book covers:
* Implementing steps for successful Joomla! website architecture
* Setting up metrics to measure security
* Exploring the test and development environment; developing your test plan to make sure everything will work as planned
* Utilizing your test and development site for disaster recovery
* Measuring the performance of your software development projects using a software development management system
* Exploring several tools to help protect your website
* Diving into security vulnerabilities: why they exist; some typical counter measures
* Exploring SQL Injections – how they can hurt you and how to prevent them
* Mastering the two important security layers – php.ini and .htaccess
* Reading and analyzing logs relevant to protecting your Joomla! site
* Handling Security Incidents in a professional manner
* Blocking nuisance IP addresses.
