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FTP, FTPS and SFTP walk into a bar. And right away there’s a problem, because what is that? Three letters, three letters, four letters. Who named these? Nobody sat down and said “let’s make it easy.” Somebody just kept adding letters until it stopped working. So FTP goes up to the bartender and says, loudly,…
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The migration is finished and the site loads. You are pleased, and it is tempting to close the laptop. Not yet. A few minutes of tidying will save you trouble later. Delete the test folders you created to check the connection. Remove any temporary files, such as phpinfo.php, old archives and database exports. These reveal…
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It is tempting to use one FTP account for everything. It saves time, until a plugin gets compromised and the attacker discovers that one login opens every site you manage. Give each site its own FTP account, restricted to that site’s folder. If one gets compromised, the damage stays in one place. It also makes…