how to disable "accept remote TCP connections"

  • dianabyron

    (@diannetrussell)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    I read Hardening WordPress. It suggests: “If you administer MySQL yourself, ensure that you understand your MySQL configuration and that unneeded features (such as accepting remote TCP connections) are disabled.” But nowhere can I find how to do that. It only links to sites outside WordPress that use technical language way over my head about programming, and not on my subject. I assumed there must just be an option somewhere in phpMyAdmin to just disable the accept of tcp connections? But I can’t find it anywhere. Should I have to spend the next 6 months studying programming to be able to disable this option, wherever it is?

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  • Thread Starter dianabyron

    (@diannetrussell)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Another question on security: “Hide version info: Hiding the WP version info is a small step to prevent bots from crawling your site, it does not prevent fingerprinting, but every little bit helps. In your theme’s functions.php add the following:” and it shows code about removing version info from head and feeds…. BUT WHERE in functions.php does one put that code?
    Thanks for any suggestions….

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