Default configurations are the predefined settings/ configuration offered by the companies. Most users find it more convenient to use default configuration. As they don’t want to make any changes. Default configuration comes under different aspects. Companies always advise their consumers to not use default configuration. This can put their confidential data at risk. Many default configurations are found during setting a new website or registering for new domain. There are different configurations that should be considered changing. Now days buying and setting up domain has become very easy and reliable. Because most of configurations are automate. After registering of domain or acquiring Windows shared hosting, Linux dedicated hosting. Users should change default settings to secured settings. For example – Changing password is very common and advisable by many companies. But many users prefer using default password as it makes them easy to remember.
Many experts advise to use passphrase rather than password. Passphrase is an arrangement of words with numbers and special characters. Passphrase are generally 10 to 20 characters long. Be selective with your configurations. Do not let any unauthorized access to your login accounts. Especially, if login accounts belongs to control panels in managing website. IT managers should always advice changing them. Using default configuration can become threat to your data. Changing default configuration is not about changing password. There are other default configurations. Managing rights for users. Checking all the required ports and closing unused ports. Changing usernames and other default configuration.
Why you should consider changing default configuration?
The term called customization is used, managing user settings for any software. In Windows 10, it is often refer customization with personalize. Here users can manage user settings according to their needs. Same goes while configuring domain. Avoid using default settings, create your own customizations. Be sure which plugins or programs should be installed on your server. What DNS configuration you are using. Avoid using public available DNS. Consider using paid SSL for your domain. There are tons of free alternatives but such domain configurations can put your website on risk. Consider disabling unnecessary plugins of your website. Use 256 bit encryption or even higher encryption method in the customizations.
Regularly update your website plugins, components to avoid default configuration. Default configuration is many times used as vulnerability for the website. Now days different automate scanners are used in finding default configuration of the website. To avoid such kind of expose for website. Use customization for website. On the internet, you will different POC (proof of concepts) that shows, using default configuration can become threat for website. Configuration plays an important role for the security of website. Hackers are continuously finding different ways to bypass security measures. Companies having sensitive data of their website. They need high amount of security measures. For proper security, avoid using default configuration.
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