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web_custom35.config File for Cloud Sites
Adding this code to your web.config file allows applications to run in medium trust. Read the article to ensure this action is suitable.
web_custom40.config File for Cloud Sites
Add this code to your web.config file to run applications in medium trust. Review the article to confirm its suitability.
What are CVEs and How are They Scored?
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures listings, or CVEs, is a system of classifying vulnerabilities including a numeral score describing its…
What are the advantages of using SSH keys to control access for multiple users?
SSH keys offer a means for site administrators to allow multiple individuals to share one user and all associated permissions while remainin…
What Are Webcrawlers and robots.txt?
Web crawlers populate search engine databases, indexing websites for search results. They vary in behavior and pace. The robots.txt file gui…
What is “Least Privilege”?
Secure your server using the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP). Learn how restricting user access prevents malware and how to manage file…
What Is a Brute-Force Attack?
Brute-Force Attacks: Attackers try all possible password combinations, using scripts, to access data. Growing threat due to faster hardware.
What Is a Denial-of-Service (DoS or DDoS) Attack?
Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks flood a server with traffic, preventing legitimate users from accessing a website. Learn to mitigate network…
What is a Firewall?
A firewall is like a security guard for your server. It checks all network traffic against a list of rules to block unauthorized access.
What is a premium SSL certificate?
The premium SSL certificate is an enhanced form of the standard SSL certificate used by ecommerce websites for a higher warranty level and a…
What is an extended validation (EV) SSL certificate?
Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates function as the highest class of SSL certificates, activating both the padlock and the legal ident…
What Is an SSL Certificate?
Websites often use TLS (Transport Layer Security) for security, but SSL (Secure Socket Layers) is still used interchangeably. It secures dat…