How To Add SSL Security To Your WordPress Blog

WordPress-SSL-MainThe most concerning thing on Internet is the Security. Whether you are using Internet from home or working at an office, there is always the constant threat of hackers lurking around, trying to fish confidential information out from you. In WordPress, this confidential information is your administrator username and password. Once the hackers get hold of your login credential, they will be able to do what they want with your site, steal your members info (if you are using WordPress as a community site) and possibly bring down the whole site .

We have discussed plenty of tricks to secure WordPress, and enabling SSL encryption for your login session is yet another useful way to secure your blog.
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Having Pidgin SSL Certificate Error? Here’s The Fix

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Update: The latest version of Pidgin (2.7.7) has fixed this issue. For Windows users, uninstall your current version, download and install the latest version. For Ubuntu users, add the following PPA and update your system:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

If you are using Pidgin to connect to your MSN messenger, you will probably receive the SSL certificate error message. it’s kinda irritating and prevents you from connecting to your MSN account. Here’s the fix.
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How to Protect Your Online Presence From Firesheep

secure-firesheep-mainIn case you are not aware, Firesheep is a new Firefox extension that allows anyone to become a hacker instantly. With it installed, anyone can sniff in an open unsecured network the cookies of other computers. With these cookies, the hacker can get into the other party’s accounts (be it Facebook, Twitter or any other accounts) even when they don’t know username and password.

Before you went into a frenzy state, there are ways that you can use to protect yourself from being hacked.
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How to Perform Encrypted Google Searches From Firefox and Google Chrome

google-encrypted-search-logoQuite some days back, Google introduced encrypted Google searches. The concept of encryption comes into play when Internet services use secure socket layers, better known as SSL connections to encrypt the information that travels between your computer and their service.

An encrypted service is recognized by a web address that starts with “https” and this is the default address for any e-commerce or banking site, where the transaction of money is involved. If you try to access Paypal by typing http://www.paypal.com the address will be redirected to https://www.paypal.com
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