To connect to a router running DD-WRT firmware perform following: Login into router’s web GUI as administrator Go to Services > Services and “Enable” SSHd under Secure Shell Go to Administration > Management and “Enable” SSH Management under Remote Access Connect to router’s IP address using your favourite SSH client (i.e. PUTTY) using username: root…

One of the ways to increase your Joomla site security is password protect administrator directory. If you use third party hosting provider which offers cPanel site administration, you can easily protect your administrator directory using built-in cPanel Password Protect Directories option. If cPanel is not an option or you host your site yourself, you can use .htaccess…

OWASP Joomla! Security Scanner is a great security tool to check your Joomla! website for known vulnerabilities and other security issues and be one step ahead of hackers. This tool uses Perl so you need to have it installed on your machine. Most of Linux distributions have it preinstalled. Download Joomscan from sourceforge.net (recommended for latest version) or here. Extract files…

Following rule will replace old-directory with new-directory in your website’s URL. Add this to .htaccess file. Options +FollowSymLinksRewriteEngine OnRewriteRule ^old-directory(.*)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/new-directory$1 [l,r=301,nc] Syntax: rewriterule – defines rewrite rule^ – start matching(.*) – match and remember everything$ – end matching$1 – append original URL part captured in (.*)l – last rule (only omit in linked rules)r=301…

Following rewrite rule will add www to all URL’s on your website in case a visitor didn’t type www or followed a link without www. Add this to your .htaccess file: Options +FollowSymLinksRewriteEngine Onrewritecond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com$ [nc]rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [l,r=301,nc]