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Security

Effective 16 August 2026

This page describes how the website is built and protected. It is written to be checkable rather than reassuring: where something is a plan and not yet live, it says so.

1Encryption in transit

The site is served over HTTPS with TLS provided at the hosting edge. Plain-HTTP requests are redirected to HTTPS.

2A deliberately small attack surface

3The enquiry form

The only thing a visitor can send us is the enquiry form, so it carries the site's abuse controls: a honeypot field invisible to people, a minimum-time check, and a proof-of-work challenge the browser solves before sending. It is cheap for one message and expensive for thousands. These checks are verified again on the server; the browser's word alone is not trusted. Submissions travel over HTTPS to our business mailbox.

4Software and updates

The site runs on WordPress with a deliberately short plugin list, on a current PHP version, with core and plugin updates applied on a schedule. The editing interface is restricted to our own staff with strong credentials.

5Backups

The site and its content are backed up on the hosting provider's schedule, and a working copy of the whole site is kept off the server, so it can be restored or moved independently of any one provider.

6What we do not do

7No system is perfect

We keep the surface small precisely because any software can fail. If something does go wrong that affects information you sent us, we will tell you what happened and what we did about it.

8Reporting a security issue

If you believe you have found a vulnerability in this website, write to info@mahadevmetaliks.com with SECURITY in the subject line. Tell us what you found and how to reproduce it. We read these ourselves and will reply. Please do not test against the site in ways that degrade it for others.