Don’t Forget to Update: Never forget to update your Joomla to latest version. Older version are more valnureable then the newer version.

Rename the default htaccess.txt file: Joomla does come with a default htaccess.txt which has some rules in it. The rules in it will block the majority of well-known attacks against your website.In order to rename the file, Login to your cPanel >> Go to File Manager >> find the htaccess.txt file on your home directory and rename it to .htaccess

File Permission of Configuration File: Make sure to have 600 permission which means read and write permission for the user only on your configuration.php file. You should be able to change the permission from cPanel File Manager.

Install Security Plugins: On the following two links you will find some extension which will help you to secure your Joomla site many way, please try them.

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-security/site-protection
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-security/login-protection

Change Default Database Table Prefix: 

Most SQL injections that are written to hack a Joomla! website, try to retrieve data from the jos_users table. This way, they can retrieve the username and password from the super administrator of the website. Changing the default prefix into something random, will prevent (most / all) SQL injections. You can use the EasySQL for Joomla, if you without phpMyAdmin component in order to do this. Download the component to your PC and install it by going to your Admin panel. Now follow the below steps:

i. Go to Components >> Easy SQL
ii. Now, pull down the Command Menu and select REPLACE PREFIX.
iii. Here you will see something following: REPLACE PREFIX `jos_` TO `newprefix_`
iv. You now have to remove the word “newprefix” and set to something else per your choice.
v. Once you set the new prefix, click on EXEC SQL and you are done!

Please make sure you are following the steps properly.

Change Admin Username: By default your administrative username is admin. The majority of the attackers would expect the username to be admin. Changing it will protect you against many attacks. Here is how you can change the username:

i. Login to your Joomla Admin Panel
ii. Go to User Manager from the Home Page
iii. Now, select the Admin User and Click on EDIT
iv. Here you should see the Username field and it will show you the current username, change it to something else and Click on SAVE

From now, you will have to use the new Admin Username to login.

Password Protect Administrator Directory: You can protect your Joomla Administrator folder with Directory Protection feature of cPanel which will add extra layer of security. You can enable the protection by going cPanel >> Password Protect Directories.

Limit Admin Access: As Joomla administrator folder is one of the most important folder, so we suggest to limit the admin access with IP. Only the allowed IPs will be able to access the admin folder. Here is how to do this:

i. Create a .htaccess file under the Joomla administrator folder
ii. Put the following code in it

order deny,allow
allow from 0.0.0.0
deny from all

Please change the allow IP with your IP. You can find your IP by accessing the following site: http://www.whatismyip.com

Backup Regularly: TetraHost do take weekly backup of your content but it is always better to take regular backup of your working database and Joomla contents. Unfortunately if it got hacked then, you can easily restore your site from the latest backup you’ll have for it.

Uninstall Unused Extension: It is recommended that you uninstall any unused extensions complete from the account. It will reduce the chance for getting attacked.

That’s it! You are protected now. If anyone have any more tips please share with us by commenting on this article.

Always Update: WordPress does release new update frequently and one should update his/her script as soon as the update is available.

Change Permission: Make sure to have 600 permission which means read and write permission for the user only on your wp-config.php file. You should be able to change the permission from cPanel File Manager.

Install Security Plugins: These are some very important security plugins which must be installed on a WordPress site.

1. WordPress Firewall Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-firewall/

2. WordPress Antivirus Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/antivirus/

3. Secure WordPress Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/secure-wordpress/

4. Wp-Malwatch Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-malwatch/

Protect the Admin Folder: You can protect your WordPress Admin folder with Directory Protection which will add extra layer of security. You can enable the protection by going cPanel >> Password Protect Directories.

Limit Admin Access: As WordPress admin folder is one of the most important folder, so we suggest to limit the admin access with IP. Only the allowed IPs will be able to access the admin folder.

Here is how to do this:

i. Create a .htaccess file under the WordPress admin folder
ii. Put the following code in it

order deny,allow
allow from 0.0.0.0
deny from all

Please change the allow IP with your IP. You can find your IP by accessing the following site: http://www.whatismyip.com

Backup Regularly: TetraHost do take weekly backup of your content but it is always better to take regular backup of your working database and wordpress contents. Unfortunately if it got hacked then, you can easily restore your site from the latest backup you’ll have for it.

Remove WordPress Version: Hackers are smart enough to crack the wordpress blog even if they came to know the wordpress version. so its always safe to remove your wordpress version. Here you go for it:

Go to Appearance > Editor and choose the Header.php file and delete below code from the source code to hide your WordPress version:

<meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress <?php bloginfo(‘version’); ?>” />

That’s it. Follow the above steps and you are secure in all way with a WordPress site!

Here it is:
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Processor: Intel Xeon-SandyBridge E3-1270-Quadcore [3.4GHz] | More Info
Motherboard: X9SCI-LN4F Intel Xeon SingleProc SATA
RAM: 8GB – Hynix DDR3 2x4GB DDR3 x8
Hard Drive: 1 TB HDD – 2 x 500 GB Western Digital WD Caviar RE4
Uplink Port: 100 MBPS Dedicated Port
OS: CentOS 6.0-64 Bit
Control Panel: Latest cPanel/WHM

Server Main IP: 50.97.95.98
Datacenter Physical Location: Texas, Dallas
Datacenter Name: Dallas 5, Server Room 02
Datacenter: Softlayer, USA.
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Here is some picture of our Datacenter from Softlayer’s Flickr Album:

DC Build Week 1
DC Build Week 2 & 3
DC Build Week 5 & 6
DC Build Week 7
Softlayer’s new HQ and DC Completed
Dallas 05

Enjoy the lightning fast service with our new server!

We are expecting to start the transfer process from 20th January, 2012 at mid-night 12.00 AM(GMT +6). Please note, We do not expect any downtime during the transfer process. We will take every steps to keep all our client account up and running smoothly/properly.

To make the process faster, we may take down the following two service for 24-48 hour:

1. cPanel
2. FTP Server

So, while both the service set to down, user will not be able to access cPanel or upload any file to server using FTP. It is also recommended not to update any site while we ran the transfer process to avoid any file missing issue. Please note again, HTTP service or Web Access will stay up during this process.

We are expecting to complete the transfer process in 24hours time. As soon as the transfer process is completed, we will update the DNS Server.

*** Update regarding the transfer process will be informed via our blog post.

We hope to have your full co-operation during the transfer process.

Regards,
NOC, TetraHost

I wanted to share the following google video with you all:

Thanks again for using TetraHost.
Happy New Year 2012

Ashraful Insan (Rony)
TetraHost Bangladesh

### New offers at a Glance:

Web Hosting:

Package Name: Planet – 1
Quota: 1000 MB
Bandwidth: 20000 MB
Price: 1200

Package Name: Planet – 2
Quota: 2000 MB
Bandwidth: 40000 MB
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Package Name: Planet – 3
Quota: 3000 MB
Bandwidth: 60000 MB
Price: 2400

Package Name: Planet – 4
Quota: 5000 MB
Bandwidth: 100000 MB
Price: 3000

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Bandwidth: 300000 MB
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Package Name: Earth – 2
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Bandwidth: 400000 MB
Price: 9000

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Quota: 30000 MB
Bandwidth: 600000 MB
Price: 12000

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Quota: 50000 MB
Bandwidth: 1000000 MB
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Bitrate Limit: 32
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Bitrate Limit: 32
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User Limit: 999
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Details information available at: http://www.tetrahostbd.com/radio.html

Best Regards,

Sales Desk, TetraHost.

DULLES, VA — (MARKET WIRE) — 07/14/11 — VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, today announced, effective Jan. 15, 2012, an increase in registry domain name fees for .com and .net, per its agreements with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

This will be the third price increase, by Verisign, in the last few years. Adding to this, recently the USD Dollar Rate has increased significantly as well. A few month ago it was 70tk per USD but currently it is something around 80tk per USD.

Up until now, we have absorbed the cost of these price increases, however, we can no longer continue to absorb these price increases. We were trying to manage it within ourselves but with both Verisign Price increase and USD Dollar Rate increase we are forced to increase our Domain Registration cost for .COM and .NET

We would also like to mention that we are not going to increase the price heavily at all. Our price will remain same on USD rate which is 10$ but in BDT the price would be 800tk(previously it was 700tk). Effective from January 14, 2012, all existing domain registrations maintained by TetraHostbd.com will increase to the new rate of BDT 800tk/year per domain for .COM and .NET. The new price will be applicable for both, single and multiple(Domain Reseller) domain registration.

Thank you for your understanding. If you have any questions about this notice, please do not hesitate to reply this blog post.

Regards,

Ashraful Insan (Rony)
Sr. Systems Administrator
TetraHost Bangladesh

We will need to reboot the server once the update progress is complete. We are expecting 2min of downtime for each server. User will not be able to connect to their site on that time.

Here is the server schedule reboot time:

### moon.ihostman.com – 11:00am (GMT +6)
### shout.ihostman.com – 11:15am (GMT +6)
### mars.ihostman.com – 11:30am (GMT +6)
### hera.ihostman.com – 11:45am (GMT +6)

We will update this thread once the Maintenance is Complete.

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Update # 1
moon.ihostman.com – Completed Successfully and Server is working fine. Any issue found at user end, please contact our support desk.
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Update # 2
shout.ihostman.com – Completed Successfully and Server is working fine. Any issue found at user end, please contact our support desk.
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Update # 3
mars.ihostman.com – Completed Successfully and Server is working fine. Any issue found at user end, please contact our support desk.
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Update # 4
hera.ihostman.com – Completed Successfully and Server is working fine. Any issue found at user end, please contact our support desk.
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Maintenance completed.

Regards,
TetraHost System

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It is very simple to configure Google Public DNS, here are the steps:

http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html

For more information visit the following links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Public_DNS

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/introducing-google-public-dns.html