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What is Two-Factor Authentication?
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is a security process that requires two different methods of identification from the user to grant access to an account or system. It adds an extra layer of security beyond just a username and password, which are often susceptible to theft or hacking. Here’s how 2FA typically works: Something you know: This is usually your username and password, which is the first factor of authentication. Something you have: This is the second factor, and it’s typically a
What are CAA records
CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records are DNS resource records that allow domain owners to specify which certificate authorities (CAs) are authorized to issue SSL/TLS certificates for their domain. When a CA receives a certificate signing request (CSR) for a domain, it checks the DNS records for the domain to see if any CAA records exist. If a CAA record exists, the CA checks to see if it’s authorized to issue a certificate for that domain. If the CA is not
What is Let’s Encrypt?
Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit. It is a service provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). We give people the digital certificates they need in order to enable HTTPS (SSL/TLS) for websites, for free, in the most user-friendly way we can. We do this because we want to create a more secure and privacy-respecting Web. The key principles behind Let’s Encrypt are: Free: Anyone who owns a domain name can
What are Application Passwords?
Application Passwords are passwords to be used by automated processes like programs, service, other websites, scripts etc. They are not intended for and cannot be used by users to interactively login to your WordPress website. Application passwords can be used (as an alternative to the regular user password) to authenticate against the REST API or the legacy XML-RPC API. This can be useful for the following reasons: Preventing mandatory updates to scripts / services when the users changes their password.
What is Cross-site Scripting?
Cross-site Scripting, also referred to as “XSS”, are are the most common attacks on the web where malicious scripts are injected into a website. These malicious scripts could be injected into normally trusted websites via a number of different methods. Because the browser expects the script to be part of the trusted website, it is hard to identify as a malicious script. Once a malicious script has been injected into a WordPress website, the attacker can perform all kinds of