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.
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 !
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!"
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.
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")'
