If you hold a website and use SSL/HTTPS with Certificates theres is often the question should i block Port 80? The most Admins think after the Major Changes of the Browsers to pull first HTTPS Port 443 they can close the HTTP Port 80. But you should NOT do it! Why? most Bots scan at first Port 80 for Content or for Listening Web Servers. More Details: https://letsencrypt.org/de/docs/allow-port-80/
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WordPress: Move Blog to new URL Domain HTTP HTTPS on the MYSQL Console
Info: Today most Search Engines prefer Blogs who are offering “HTTPS” at the URL for secure direct connects to the Websites but this results a lot of headaches to the Website Developers. To be effective you should know: You have to offer HTTPS beside HTTP You should use a validated Domain Certificate, most Domain Resellers offer them for FREE You should know that NOT every FREE Certificate is TRUSTED by every Browser (green closed lock symbol at the adressbar) You have to Develop Websites WITH variable Format output ( PC, Tablet, Smartphone, Smart-TV, Infoboxes,) Design Websites and test 3:2, 4:3, […]
Security: Webserver HTTPS with Self Signed Certificate Do it yourself in 5 Minutes!!
Today the Point of Security and encrypted Webserver Communication is rolling over every User who hosts own Websites on the Internet. Last decades HTTPS was only used by Online Login Pages like Shops and Banks to verify the Communication between a User PC and the Website. But after January 2015 the most Search Engines like google decides to force index of Websites with HTTPS Protocol. The Background is that a TLS encrypted Connection isn’t easy to track and to force “drive-by-load-Viruses” to the Website Visitors. But a lot of Webmasters of the Opensource Community were angry about this handling. Thats […]