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Simple, effective Web security: rename your files

  • G's linux pages; By Jeff Garzik (Posted by jgarzik on Jan 13, 2007 8:49 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial; Groups: PHP
In a world of massively distributed botnet scans, a very simple technique can be enormously effective against rootkits: rename your files.

'Expires' website speed boost

  • Jeff Garzik's linux pages; By Jeff Garzik (Posted by jgarzik on Dec 26, 2006 9:47 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
The 'Expires' HTTP header can be a webmaster's secret weapon, potentially reducing bandwidth and increasing performance for content that changes infrequently. This article explains why 'Expires' is often better than 'Last-Modified' for caching.