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Guv’s Book: ‘WordPress 3 Ultimate Security’ – Press Release

Some of you will remember or first found this 'lil site off the back of a pretty well-known WordPress security blog post here, Video How-to: 10 Tips To Make WordPress [...]

Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) .. The V-P-S Bible

Welcome to the_guv's 20 part VPS how-to bible, complete with video tutorials. If you are outgrowing your shared host, are paying big bucks for a managed VPS or want to [...]

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Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) – Part 11: Nginx (better than Apache) Web Server

Installing & configuring Nginx web server, tweaking the default file structure, then setting up a vhost file with symlink is the subject of this copy/paste how-to. So open [...]

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Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 6: Backup a MySQL Database from the Terminal

This guide shows how to save a MySQL database using a terminal, with a simple syntax command. And faster than using phpMyAdmin, for sure. Just replace the db name, username and [...]

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How to Surf Anonymously & Hide Your PC: Part 2 – 21 Tips to Surf Safe

If you want to be anonymous in real life, buy a big coat. Online, and for your PC, it's more complex. Why do it? To shore up your identity, safeguard data, secure eCommerce [...]

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