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class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-3355 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-philo category-technical tag-essay tag-open-source tag-plugin tag-security tag-servers tag-wp entry"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/2013/false-security/" title="WordPress False Security" rel="bookmark">WordPress False Security</a></h2> <div class="entry-content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/2013/false-security/" title="WordPress False Security"><img width="250" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244im_/http://halfelf.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/01/250x130xf-Falsesecurity-250x130.jpeg.pagespeed.ic.jKDePrAZCJ.jpg" class="alignleft post-image" alt="False Security"/></a><p>There are certain things I just don’t do to make my site more secure, because I don’t think they matter. There are others that I do, because I think they do matter. I guess the time to post about this is now!</p> </div> <div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/category/philo/" title="View all posts in Philosopy" rel="category tag">Philosopy</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/category/technical/" title="View all posts in Technical" rel="category tag">Technical</a></span> <span class="tags">Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/tag/essay/" rel="tag">essay</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/tag/open-source/" rel="tag">open source</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/tag/plugin/" rel="tag">plugin</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/tag/security/" rel="tag">security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/tag/servers/" rel="tag">servers</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/tag/wp/" rel="tag">wordpress</a></span> </div> </div> </div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/2013/wp-login-protection-htaccess/" rel="bookmark"><img class="post-photo" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244im_/http://halfelf.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/04/xres-281x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.e19PzZmAb-.jpg" alt="WordPress Login Protection With .htaccess" width="281" height="250"/></a><div class="post-info"><span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/author/ipstenu/" class="fn n" title="Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)" rel="author">Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)</a></span></span> <span class="date published time" title="2013-04-12T13:14:29+00:00">12 April, 2013</span> <span class="post-comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/2013/wp-login-protection-htaccess/#comments">41 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-3579 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-how-to category-technical tag-htaccess tag-security tag-wp entry"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/2013/wp-login-protection-htaccess/" title="WordPress Login Protection With .htaccess" rel="bookmark">WordPress Login Protection With .htaccess</a></h2> <div class="entry-content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/2013/wp-login-protection-htaccess/" title="WordPress Login Protection With .htaccess"><img width="250" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244im_/http://halfelf.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/04/250x130xres-250x130.jpg.pagespeed.ic.1VjehL33dx.jpg" class="alignleft post-image" alt="Repair"/></a><p>No ModSecurity? No problem (unless you’re on nginx)! You can still do things to help protect yourself from the insanity of people hammering your server trying to log in to WordPress.</p> </div> <div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/category/how-to/" title="View all posts in How To" rel="category tag">How To</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/category/technical/" title="View all posts in Technical" rel="category tag">Technical</a></span> <span class="tags">Tagged: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/tag/htaccess/" rel="tag">htaccess</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/tag/security/" rel="tag">security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/tag/wp/" rel="tag">wordpress</a></span> </div> </div> </div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/2013/wp-login-protection-modsec/" rel="bookmark"><img class="post-photo" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244im_/http://halfelf.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/04/xrusty-lock-432x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.VGzV_Y2kRq.jpg" alt="WordPress Login Protection with ModSecurity" width="432" height="250"/></a><div class="post-info"><span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/author/ipstenu/" class="fn n" title="Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)" rel="author">Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)</a></span></span> <span class="date published time" title="2013-04-10T09:52:50+00:00">10 April, 2013</span> <span class="post-comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/2013/wp-login-protection-modsec/#comments">25 Comments</a></span> </div> <div class="post-wrap"> <div class="post-3565 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-how-to category-technical tag-administration tag-modsecurity tag-security tag-wp entry"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/2013/wp-login-protection-modsec/" title="WordPress Login Protection with ModSecurity" rel="bookmark">WordPress Login Protection with ModSecurity</a></h2> <div class="entry-content"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244/http://halfelf.org/2013/wp-login-protection-modsec/" title="WordPress Login Protection with ModSecurity"><img width="250" height="130" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130420062244im_/http://halfelf.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/04/250x130xrusty-lock-250x130.jpg.pagespeed.ic.fRNbAPVNNn.jpg" class="alignleft post-image" alt="rusty-lock"/></a><p>If you have ModSecurity and root access, you can cold-stop people trying to brute force into WordPress on your server. </p> </div> <div class="post-meta"><span class="categories">Filed Under: <a 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