Ok, i've nearly created my first site, how would i go about protecting this site. Are there any measures which everyone should take, adding any certain code etc.? Or should it be safe how it is and do you use any particular measures to protect your website from hackers etc.? Any suggestions, not just from hackers any general measures things to do etc.
The server itself should be protected from hackers by always applying necessary upgrades etc. As to the content - you cannot prevent that being stolen, only take action when you discover such a theft.
server security depends very much also on the software / scripts / forum etc you are using here you jsut ahve to study, search for security alerts related to any software you run online, as said by cellularnews update all software regularly always know what you do - learn your trade from scratch and know what you and why you do what you do much of the server security control might be done by your host - depending on who your host is but finally it all is your responsibility to stay well informed about all safe procedures - there is plenty of literature online for all kinds of software installations, etc that might be used on web sites
You don't have to worry about anything for now. If you're server has a DDOS protection , firewall and virus protection, i'm sure you'll be okay. But don't take it lightly. Just backup your important files as time goes on or on a daily basis. I hope this information help you.
Thanks very much for the information celluarnews, hans and hillord it's greatly appreciated. I shall contact my host and ask what measures they are taking. All files are backed up aswell.
re all files backed up while some hosts may promise to make daily back ups my host sometimes too when such as b ackup is needed to restore data - you find out that the most current version is several weeks old ... hapened so to me just a few weeks back. hence make sure YOU make the backups that are important to you there are thousands of ways to crack a site's security and hack around on your site - hence the many phishing site's mail each day in the mailbox - all sent from presumably "secure" sites. finally it always is your legal responsibility to keep all your scripts clean and secured.