Regular readers may remember an earlier post when I took WordPress to task for bad security practices (Matt dropped by to defend himself). Whelp, fear no more, gentle reader, they have fixed their major glaring horriblenesses:
Click on Edit Profile in the My Account menu of your dashboard and you’ll see a new field called Browser Connection. There, you can opt to “Always use HTTPS when visiting administration pages.” Click Update Profile to save the change, and you’ll be logged out. Sign back in, and you’re rolling with SSL, which encrypts your connection and helps prevent data scavengers from stealing your password and other info.
If you keep your WordPress blog hosted at wordpress.com, DO THIS.
October 1, 2008 at 9:05 am
Sucking less is actually our main charter.
October 1, 2008 at 10:05 am
Love that quote, esp. in the context of possibly related posts…
Gradually removing my barriers to blogging… now its just down to that pesky job thing, and reluctance to link real life to my internet persona.
October 1, 2008 at 11:00 am
> Sucking less is actually our main charter.
Too bad more software development organizations don’t follow that mantra
October 1, 2008 at 11:01 am
> reluctance to link real life to my internet persona.
Your internet persona *is* your real life, Benji.
October 1, 2008 at 11:26 am
I like to pretend that I can fool a few people at work! I am a serious hard working guy. No, that’s not my rubber chicken and arrow thru the head!
October 3, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Boo, the related posts have changed. Not a single one about sucking!
Had to come by to inform you that combining this post with another one…. I have my new wordpress high security password ready to go. “WordPress is pants”.
October 3, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Waddaymean? Don’t post my password on a blog? Really?
October 4, 2008 at 1:03 am
> “WordPress is pants”
FULL POINT.