Protecting admin.php, the /install directory, and test & development installations using .htaccess

Protecting admin.php, the /install directory, and test & development installations using .htaccess

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Compatible XF 2.x versions
  1. 2.0
  2. 2.1
  3. 2.2
If you want to provide an extra layer of protection to admin.php, the /install directory, and test & development installations, you can do so with .htaccess authentication.


Protecting admin.php
To protect admin.php, edit the .htaccess file which is in your forum...
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    Updated the main resource with a section on protecting test and development installations.
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R0mainMK
Exactly what I needed in order to make the admin panel and the install folder secured before making my forum publicly available. Thanks!
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JasonBrody
Excellent tutorial for securing XnForo backend, quite a long ago I was searching for this type of solution to give my forum high protection, this guide helped to maximize in the particular security type. Thanks !
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Detomah
8 years after first being posted and this is still the first thing I hunt down when doing a new install. Okay so i've not done one in 5 years, but hey, great that it is still relevent.
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slinouille
Perfect! This tip was exactly what I was looking for to secure the APC.
Just one comment, it could be good to add in the description how to generate a salt hash password. The command I used was
perl -le 'print crypt("my_password", "salt-hash")'
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adwade
This is an excellent article, tailored to the newbie's level of understanding. I learned how to: Use IP address based protection, from reading it. As they say, "An ounce of prevention, is worth a pound of cure!"
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KeVo
An excellent resource for anyone that might want to add an extra layer of protection to their admin panel and Install directory. Thanks for sharing this.
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Mishal
Awesome
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DRE
just what i needed.
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