Chapter 12

Protecting Yourself from Google Hackers

Abstract

Protecting yourself from Google Hackers involves building a good, solid security policy, deploying Web server safeguards, hacking your own site, and getting help from Google to safeguard your data.

Keywords

security policy
hacking your own site
links to sites
Google hacking defense

Introduction

The purpose of this book is to help you understand the tactics a Google hacker might employ so that you can properly protect yourself and your customers from this seemingly innocuous threat. The best way to do this, in my opinion, is to show you exactly what an attacker armed with a search engine like Google is capable of. There is a point at which we must discuss in no uncertain terms exactly

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