Warning to All Users: Upgrade your Elgg Network to the Latest Version Now

Last Updated on Thursday, 31 January 2013 07:38 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Tuesday, 29 January 2013 02:52

If you are using elgg 1.7.x or elgg 1.8.x you must upgrade now to the latest elgg version immediately. A new security threat has been discovered and fixed, and I will explain the details about this threat in this article and the solution for it

Basic Website Hosting Security Practice in cPanel

Last Updated on Sunday, 30 January 2011 01:57 Written by Naveed Ashraf Sunday, 16 January 2011 10:18

This is worthy article I was reading. I am sharing it here for Arvixe users.

Upgrading Elgg Version

Last Updated on Friday, 8 July 2011 10:44 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 23 December 2010 10:10

Every few months Elgg.org releases a new version of Elgg with new with important security enhancements and other features. It is important to upgrade to a new version in order to protect your networks and servers.

In this blog post I am going to walk you through in upgrading Elgg to the latest version.

Securing mojoPortal with a Custom Machine Key

Last Updated on Sunday, 13 November 2011 11:03 Written by Rick Hubka Monday, 6 December 2010 01:51

September 17, 2010 Microsoft issued a Security Advisory
Vulnerability in ASP.NET

This not the first time, nor will it be the last time.
Who is responsible for the security of your Web Site?
You are!

MojoPortal has a lot of documentation on Securing MojoPortal.  They also have documentation on How and Why You Should Generate a Custom Machine Key.

However, in this blog post I am going to walk you through making a Custom machine key in crystal clear detail with all the pictures included.

First make sure you are logged in as administrator and go to the Administration Menu.  If your screen looks like this and Security Advisor says “Needs Attention!” click Learn More.  If it does not, stop reading for now and you are done.

Password protecting folders with cPanel

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 September 2009 12:26 Written by Noah S Saturday, 19 September 2009 12:26

Password Protect

Using the Password Protect Directories function in the cPanel will allow you to set user and different passwords on your folders. Here is how you set this up. (PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE USING FRONTPAGE EXTENSTIONS THIS WILL NOT WORK. YOU WILL NEED TO DISABLE FRONTPAGE EXTENSIONS.) Log in to your cpanel: domainname.com/cpanel. Scroll down to Password Protect Directories and click on the icon.