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Select a Website Backup System as if Business depends on it

Importance Of Website Backups In most cases freelancers and small business attach little to no importance to website data backup until their website is infected with malware, is malfunctioning due to coding error, or is just lost due to a crash! Using the right website backup system can mitigate these otherwise disastrous website problems. Malware […]

SSL Multi-Year Validity Discount Gone – What To Do?

Losing The Multi-Year Validity Discount Getting a paid certificate for multi-year validity also got you multi-year validity discount i.e. your certificate’s per year cost reduced with every additional year of validity. Since 1st March 2018, CA/Browser Forum guidelines limit maximum certificate lifetime to TWO years. However, Apple recently unilaterally announced that certificates with validity greater than one […]

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How To Whitelist CodeGuard IP Addresses in cPanel

In order for CodeGuard to access your database for backup, you may need to whitelist CodeGuard’s IP addresses. The way to do that varies by web hosting company and platform. We’ve written this article to help you whitelist CodeGuard IP addresses on cPanel, which may be necessary for CodeGuard to function correctly in backing up […]

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How to Back Up a MySQL Database with CodeGuard

CodeGuard does far more than just back up websites, it can back up databases, too. Once you’ve configured CodeGuard to back up your site via SFTP, CodeGuard backs up your SQL database in just a few steps, too. In this article we’ll look at how to back up your MySQL database using CodeGuard. Before getting […]

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Website Backups via CodeGuard WordPress Plugin

CodeGuard is truly a game-changing security product, providing full-automated site scans, one-click backups and version control. If you, like so many of the world’s top websites, are using WordPress as your CMS, setting up CodeGuard WordPress plugin is a simple three-step process. Note: The WordPress plugin is the fastest, easiest way to set up CodeGuard. […]

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How To Setup CodeGuard Website Backups via FTP or SFTP

CodeGuard is an incredibly versatile security product – one that can do far more than just create one-click website backups. You can also backup databases, scan for malware and even take advantage of its Git versioning feature. But before you can do any of that, you have to set it up. CodeGuard provides two options […]

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Importance of Root and Intermediate CA Certificates

The SSL (leaf) certificate setup by the website owner does not automatically allow the trusting of the website to create a secure connection. For this the website owner must additionally also setup CA Intermediate certificates that can be recognised by CA Root certificates. What is an Intermediate Certificate An Intermediate certificate is an additional certificate […]

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Are SSL Certificates issued to Domains valid for Subdomains?

SSL certificates are issued to domains and subdomains after domain validation. But can the same certificate be used for domains and their subdomains? What are Domains and Sub-Domains? Domains or domain names or FQDNs are the publicly assigned address for your website. For example, getssl.in is the domain/address for this website. A sub-domain is an […]

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SSL Certificate Expiry and Your Website

What is SSL Certificate Expiry? Think of an SSL certificate as a travel pass for encrypted website data. Every SSL certificate has a fixed validity when it is issued by a Certifying Authority (CA). At the end of the validity period is an expiry date. This expiry date is hard-coded into the certificate. It is […]

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SSL Certificate Revocation can end your Website trust

A revoked SSL certificate, just like an expired certificate, is the death certificate for a website. When a web browser shows an error that the website is using a revoked certificate, nobody will visit the website. About SSL Certificate Revocation SSL certificate revocation is the act of declaring that the SSL certificate that has been […]