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Secure your Admin Control Panel
09-08-2006, 05:28 AM
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| Secure your Admin Control Panel In the past I was a moderator at a forum that did this and I got the idea from there. As soon as I started my forum, I made sure this was one of the first changes that I made. I password protect the 'admincp' and 'modcp' directories from within cPanel. Even though you have to log into the AdminCP with your forum password, it still adds an extra layer of security by having the directory itself password protected. This way there really are two passwords to enter to get to the part of the forum that could let a hacker have tons of fun at your expense. I'm sure this can be done for other forum software as well since it is controlled by the website control panel and not the specific forum software like vBulletin, phpbb, etc. I highly recommend everyone does something like this. It might mean remembering yet another password but then hopefully we would see less topics about forums being hacked. 
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09-08-2006, 05:48 AM
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Title: Forum Enthusiast
Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,478 Location: Alabama    
| I used to do this but when I changed servers I never put it back up. I guess I should. This is an excellent tip | ||||
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09-08-2006, 05:54 AM
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Title: Forum Addict
Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,435 Location: Baton Rouge, LA 
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09-08-2006, 06:01 AM
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Title: Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 519 Location: Richmond, VA Recent Blog: Buddhist Temple Built from Beer Bottles 
| Great tip. I'm going to get this set up.
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09-08-2006, 06:02 AM
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Title: Forum Enthusiast
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09-08-2006, 06:06 AM
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 I'm glad that everyone likes this. It really should be a necessity for any forum.
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09-09-2006, 03:39 AM
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Title: Forum Addict
Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,913 Location: Australia
| On my forum, the link that leads to the admincp is changed, so if you click it you just get the page cannot be displayed. you have to type the url in the browser and put whatever name you changed instead of admincp. | ||||
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09-09-2006, 03:42 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,623 Location: Holmfirth, England
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09-09-2006, 06:02 AM
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09-09-2006, 06:14 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,913 Location: Australia
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 this is like for the hackers who can crack passwords and somehow get into the admin cp. | |||||
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