Tuesday 3 July 2012

The Best Server Security

By Elisha Marty


Servers support huge networks of computers. There are servers that host websites and there are servers to run processes and servers to store data. Servers act as basic units for huge office networks in large organizations. The magnitude of dependency calls for a tight security arrangement for safe guarding proper functioning of large organizations.

Web applications that are developed for development and testing procedures allow less restrictions and because of this it allows unauthenticated users to access the server and put the question of security at risk. The introduction of malicious software to your server may cause harm to the user's file, backend data, and also the database of website to manipulate in such a way that the database will no longer be able to serve the required data.

Not only by the own effort of hackers, sometimes the user's account contains such holes in it, so that mischievousness can be easily done. The default user's account should remain deactivated while it is not in use to stop being threatened by hackers. The next way is to keep the administrative users name as much secret as possible to ensure optimum security. Only proper authorization can prevent half of the problems easily.

The possible ways to be safe from being hacked are as follows. Getting trained in recent security management system for internet. Being experienced in identifying potentially strong threats. Choosing an operating system to ensure maximum server security. Scanning for threat identification and termination security of threats.

Firewalls are not enough alone to have a strong security. The administrative passwords and the system passwords need to be updated on a regular basis in order to thwart all hacking efforts. All the systems that have access to the server should be updating the passwords to the access regularly. The DBA should give privileges to change the data on the server only as and when required. You should remove unnecessary services like, FTP (File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a protocol that could be used by hackers. So remove anything from your script that looks un-necessary. These tips and tricks learned, the knowledge maintained and the alertness can save our script and our server, which is the building block of all businesses.




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