Title: General security question
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# General security question

 *  Resolved [houser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houser/)
 * (@houser)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-security-question/)
 * Hello,
 * I searched for this and for perhaps obvious reasons nothing came up.
 * I would like to know how safe this plugin is for sensitive content and users 
   integrity.
 * How can I get info about this without broadcasting security holes here.
 * A general reply would be a great start?
 * Is it safe? ( movie trivia, which film?)
 * best
    j
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/jonradio-private-site/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jonradio-private-site/)

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 *  Plugin Author [David Gewirtz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgewirtz/)
 * (@dgewirtz)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-security-question/#post-6607402)
 * Without writing a marathon document (did you see how I did that? :), I’ll tell
   you this. My Private Site is secure enough, but if you’re doing serious security
   protection, you need to go beyond this sort of plugin.
 * This will guard sites from outside visitors poking around, but I would not expect
   it to keep out determined pentesters. If you have users you need to protect, 
   you’ll want to look for a more hardened solution than what’s essentially a login
   redirect system.
 * –David
 *  Thread Starter [houser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houser/)
 * (@houser)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-security-question/#post-6607403)
 * Thanx David.
    Yes, I see what you did there 😉
 * A real catch 22 this. Finding out weaknesses on a system without letting the 
   ones you are trying to keep out know about them 😉
    thanx though. j
 *  Plugin Author [David Gewirtz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dgewirtz/)
 * (@dgewirtz)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-security-question/#post-6607411)
 * Well, look at it this way. If you’re building a site where you’d rather not have
   folks mucking about, this plugin will do. I have a few sites I protect behind
   My Private Site just because I don’t want them world-readable. They contain some
   test sites, but nothing that will cause major distress if they “fall into the
   wrong hands.”
 * But if you have real responsibility for identity safety and security, then just
   throwing a plugin at the problem is not enough. You need to engineer in real 
   security, which may well go beyond WordPress itself and should involve people
   with strong expertise in protecting sensitive content online.
 * You need to know where that line is.
 *  Thread Starter [houser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houser/)
 * (@houser)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/general-security-question/#post-6607412)
 * Thanx for taking the time to discuss this.
    We are on a limited budget and need
   to reverse-engineer it a bit. Meaning decide what can be on there. More a case
   of being able to answer this question to people on there. Thanx again! J

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