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Talking about security and configuration issues, we are correct if we say the devil is in the detail. The configuration of a web server, a database server, a CMS, or an application should find the point of equilibrium between being completely usable and useful and being secure for both users and owners.
One of the most common misconfigurations in a web application is that it contains some kind of a web administration site that is accessible to all of the internet; this may not seem to be such a big issue, but if we think that an administrator login page is much more attractive to crooks that any contact us form as the former gives access to a much higher privilege level, and there are lists of known, common, and default passwords ...
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