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How to carefully protect your .htaccess file?

Shamleed — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 06:39:45 +0000

To maintain the highest security, our professionals recommend you preventing access to .htaccess file from any unauthorized access.

Add this code to your .htaccess file:

# .htaccess protection

order allow, deny
deny from all
satisfy all

How to protect the images of your website from any external site?

Shamleed — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 06:31:56 +0000

External Website may use the < img /> tag that will display the image from your site somewhere else on the internet and in the end, you may find that some other website has been stealing your bandwidth.

Click on ‘hotlink protection’ in the security section

If you see “Hotlink protection is currently disabled”, then simply click on the ‘enable’ button

What is the process to protect a folder with username and password in cPanel?

Shamleed — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 06:22:19 +0000

A user can lock their directory with a password via the cPanel “Password Protected Directories” icon.

Sign in to your cPanel account.
Click ‘directory privacy’ in the files section.

Choose the option to open your folder.

Choose the name of the directory you want password protected.

Find the option “Security Settings“, and check the box present next to “Password protect this directory” after that enter the name for protected directory like “Password Protected Area“. Press the save button at the end.

Choose the ‘go back’ button.

Scroll down further and choose “Create User”, then fill in the username and password areas, generate your new password, copy the user name and password to a notepad. You may need that when you need to open the password-protected directory and then choose the “Save” option.

Also, try to open the password-protected directory in the browser through your URL www.example.com/myfolder that is password protected already, your browser may prompt you to enter the user details.