Question: How should a website owner differentiate between Firewalls? What do they do? The term “firewall” is not new. It is common terminology in the world of technology and security, and possibly common enough that even non-technical people have a basic understanding of what a firewall is. Its meaning actually extends beyond security. The brick walls thatRead […]
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The Dynamics of Passwords
How often do you think about the passwords you’re using? Not only for your website, but also for everything else you do on the internet on a daily basis? Are you re-using any of the same passwords to make it easier to remember them? We see it all too often: weak passwords used for FTP, […]
Sucuri CloudProxy – Website Firewall Enhancements
When LA’s DA says that, “73% of our local businesses appear to have been hacked,” it begins to illustrate the importance website protection will play in the future of business, which is why we’ve placed so much emphasis on website protection on this blog over the last few months. Protection is no longer a, “nice […]
Case Study: Analyzing the Origins of a DDoS Attack
Recently a client was experiencing a massive layer 7 DDOS attack, generating tens of thousands of random HTTP requests per second to the server. The architecture of the website included a cluster of three web servers responsible for handling all incoming traffic, which did little to alleviate the pressures brought about the attack. An interesting […]
Sucuri CloudProxy Website Firewall Improvements
If you are are a regular reader of our blog, you probably know about our CloudProxy Website Firewall which launched publicly almost a year ago. Since then, our team has been extremely focused on improving it everyday. If you are not familiar with CloudProxy, I highly recommend reading some of the documentation and benefits of […]
