Protect Yourself From Identity Theft: How to Make a Free Locked Website
- By Sean Goudeloc
- Published 04/16/2010
- Internet
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Everyone seems to have benefited from online shopping and e-commerce, including crooks. In fact, the risks of identity theft and cyber attacks are now so high that many people chose not to risk buying from even big web companies. Thankfully, many websites have taken preventive measures by locking their website and adding security procedures and scripts to prevent identity theft. If you would like to protect your site and visitors, read this article and learn how to make a free locked website.
We all see the great benefits attributed to technology. However, they also have downfalls. You may know someone or know someone who knows someone who has their confidential details stolen from an online shop they made a purchase from. Many dishonest people have made a living from hacking other people's sites, taking all their details such as their back accounts, names credit card numbers, etc. This sounds very scary, and yes, it is. Identity theft is the fast growing crime this year.
Here are simple techniques on how to make a free locked website:
Generate Random Values Using PHP
Use random number generation, however avoid computational generators for these are merely computed values and are not pseudo random. Examples of random generators are rand() and mt_rand() which will spit out a random integer. Another is str_shuffle(), which shuffles a string of numbers.
Generating Random Passwords
There are tons of sites that offer this service, but you
may ask, 'Why would I need to generate random passwords?' The answer is pretty obvious. Most users cannot be trusted in providing a secure password. Most merely use their name, birthday, or the word 'password' as the password. These random passwords are very useful on user registrations and when users request when they have forgotten their password.
Salting Passwords' to Authenticate the User
Salting passwords increase the security of your users even though an attacker has gained access to your database. While the attacker can gain the users' credentials, applying randomization techniques in storage of passwords will make the process much more difficult, much more if user info and content are divided into separate storages.
Obfuscation in PHP
There are two primary ways in obfuscating your code. One, you can do it by hand. However, doing it all manually can take time. The second way is to buy software that will encode the assembly of the script output for you.
Cryptography in PHP and Applications
Symmetric Key Cryptography is where the security lies primarily within a key, shared between two points where the data is encrypted and where it is decrypted.
We have taught you randomizing values, 'salting', generating random passwords, obfuscating, authenticating users and cryptography. That must be a lot to take in! Learning these key facts are vital and well worth it, especially when you want to know how to make a free locked website. By using a few methods, or a combination of them, you will ensure the security of your web users and visitors.
We all see the great benefits attributed to technology. However, they also have downfalls. You may know someone or know someone who knows someone who has their confidential details stolen from an online shop they made a purchase from. Many dishonest people have made a living from hacking other people's sites, taking all their details such as their back accounts, names credit card numbers, etc. This sounds very scary, and yes, it is. Identity theft is the fast growing crime this year.
Here are simple techniques on how to make a free locked website:
Generate Random Values Using PHP
Use random number generation, however avoid computational generators for these are merely computed values and are not pseudo random. Examples of random generators are rand() and mt_rand() which will spit out a random integer. Another is str_shuffle(), which shuffles a string of numbers.
Generating Random Passwords
There are tons of sites that offer this service, but you
Salting Passwords' to Authenticate the User
Salting passwords increase the security of your users even though an attacker has gained access to your database. While the attacker can gain the users' credentials, applying randomization techniques in storage of passwords will make the process much more difficult, much more if user info and content are divided into separate storages.
Obfuscation in PHP
There are two primary ways in obfuscating your code. One, you can do it by hand. However, doing it all manually can take time. The second way is to buy software that will encode the assembly of the script output for you.
Cryptography in PHP and Applications
Symmetric Key Cryptography is where the security lies primarily within a key, shared between two points where the data is encrypted and where it is decrypted.
We have taught you randomizing values, 'salting', generating random passwords, obfuscating, authenticating users and cryptography. That must be a lot to take in! Learning these key facts are vital and well worth it, especially when you want to know how to make a free locked website. By using a few methods, or a combination of them, you will ensure the security of your web users and visitors.