Web server: security

Basic Web Security
There are some basic security rules you need to keep in mind when securing your Web server.

* Passwords
Keep your Web server password secure, don't share it with other people (or write it down), and follow good password security. Your password should not be a word found in any dictionary, should include both letters and non-letters, use different cases, and be more than 6 characters long. An easy way to remember a good password is to think of a sentence and use the first (or last) letters and punctuation as your password. The number 2 for "to", 3 for "the", and so on.

* Security through Obscurity
Never think that because your domain is small, your site is about an obscure topic, or you get few hits, you're not vulnerable. There are tools that allow crackers to poll the Internet for new IPs and they will attempt to break in within hours of your site going up.