In my previous post we saw how to generate .htpasswd file using crypt and apr1-md5 algorithm in PHP. However, now there is a more secure BCRYPT algorithm that can be used since apache 2.4 for passwords in .htpasswd. In this post we will generate .htpasswd file using the BCRYPT algorithm in PHP.
Recently, Google said it will use HTTPS as a ranking signal. So, if you are a website owner, you might be thinking of switching to HTTPS. However, that meant purchasing an SSL certificate. Last month CloudFlare announced Universal SSL which will allow all its customers (including free users) to be able to use SSL on …
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In my earlier post about .htaccess I had described about authentication using .htaccess and command to generate .htpasswd file. However, when we want to add passwords for many users that method will take too long, since we will have to add passwords for each user one at a time. However, there is an easier way …
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In default Nginx configuration, the server sends HTTP Header with the information of Nginx version number of the Server. The HTTP response header “Server” displays the version number of the server. This information can be used by hackers to try to exploit any vulnerabilities in the Nginx, specially if you are running an older version …
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Recently I was working in WordPress to create a big menu, with over 75 links in it. When I created it and tried to save it got save only partially, few menu items at the end got truncated. I was not sure what happened. So then I tried to add 1 more link and it …