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Found on Joomla.org: Top 10 Stupidest Administrator Tricks
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- Henning
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So funny and true ...
Most people will surely already noticed this on joomla.org.
Anyway I found this very funny:
docs.joomla.org/Top_10_Stupidest_Administrator_Tricks
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- Nanci Memory
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Hi Henning, Thanks for sharing...
I too think this is funny... But after you finish LOL, the reality of how scary it is begins to set in. It is without a doubt a lot of work to keep up with it all. I am constantly and currently looking at the hows and whys of maintaining and securing all the work that I do. And yes, knowing it is not perfect yet... is enough to make you not sleep so well at night.
If anything, this list should make us all think, plus serve as an excellent reminder of how important it is to take the time to take care of the important things now. Oh... the perfect world.
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- Kat05
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thanks henning,
i have seen this list before, it can also be found under one of the links that are included in the thread
Tips and Tricks and Tutorial Links, which is a sticky post in all boards, thanks to Ben
exact same thoughts like nanci,
first .... funny,
second .... but true,
and third .... actually scary to see how many people make exactly these mistakes.
i am quite paranoid when it comes to keeping my sites secure, so i wont sleep well before i get the 1.5.10 update done on all my sites .... but not without prior testing on a local copy of each site.
and joomlapack should be a core component imho
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- Henning
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After being hacked I got quite busy with making backups and making my sites secure ... :cheesy:
One thing was very scary ... from the logs I could see where this came from, wich lead me to a site where many turkish hackers posted their latest hacks ... hundreds of hacked websites ...
scary, scary, scary ...
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- Nanci Memory
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I have one client who host with a company running an older version of php. I barely was able to load Joomla! at all... I tried to explain to them the security risk and what could happen. Even after what I thought was a clear explanation their reply was this:
"Why would anyone want to hack us?"
Now... try explaining that.
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- Kat05
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nanci, maybe you can get the link to the turkish hacker site that henning found and just show it to your client.... i think they dont care WHAT KIND of site they hack but THAT they hack a site....
my last costumer was happy to move her new site to a different host (old site wasnt joomla) after i told her that php 4.4.2 is a big NO... i would even refuse to build a site for a client if they dont trust my advise on that. in the end it isnt worth all the headaches.... - Kat05 / QA Lead & Support / Germany
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- Nanci Memory
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Your right! Henning... do you have that address? That would be more than an excellent example.
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