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  • RedHotChili
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2008
    • 399
    • 3.8.x

    [Forum] Securing your AdminCP in vBulletin - anticipating Wayne's next security installment!

    I somehow recall seeing a thread or post with tips on how to secure your AdminCP by changing the path to the AdminCp folder.

    Not sure if I recall correctly - or whether this can be done without introducing complications - but is it a good idea to introduce an extra folder in the path to ACP to prevent hackers from easily finding your ACP folder, such as the following example?

    yourdomain/forum/do3Wqz?6y29/admincp
  • PossumX
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2006
    • 261
    • 4.1.x

    #2
    Securing your AdminCP in vBulletin - anticipating Wayne's next security installment!

    Put your admincp behind a htaccess and htpasswd <sp> config, with a complex password, and you'll lock it down

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    • RedHotChili
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2008
      • 399
      • 3.8.x

      #3
      Originally posted by PossumX
      Put your admincp behind a htaccess and htpasswd <sp> config, with a complex password, and you'll lock it down
      Thanks.

      I don't know how to do this, but if you've done it and others have done it, I'll research it and figure it out somehow.

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      • beishe8
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2005
        • 6782
        • 4.2.X

        #4
        Originally posted by RedHotChili
        I don't know how to do this, but if you've done it and others have done it, I'll research it and figure it out somehow.
        Have you got cPanel? It's easy to password protect a directory in cPanel.


        vB5 is unequivocally the best forum software, but not yet...

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        • RedHotChili
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2008
          • 399
          • 3.8.x

          #5
          Originally posted by beishe8
          Have you got cPanel? It's easy to password protect a directory in cPanel.
          Yes I do.

          Thanks! I'll look into it!

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          • TheNewOne
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2011
            • 1033
            • 4.2.5

            #6

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            • RedHotChili
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2008
              • 399
              • 3.8.x

              #7
              Originally posted by TheNewOne
              Thanks! 'Preciate it!

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              • cbiweb
                Senior Member
                • Apr 2004
                • 2658
                • 4.1.x

                #8
                Originally posted by TheNewOne
                Excellent choice! I've kept that site in my bookmarks for years.
                ~ Life isn't always fair, but you can be. ~

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                • RedHotChili
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 399
                  • 3.8.x

                  #9
                  Originally posted by RedHotChili
                  I somehow recall seeing a thread or post with tips on how to secure your AdminCP...
                  Found it!

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                  • hurricane_sh
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2005
                    • 171

                    #10
                    Yes, the most effective security measure is password-protect admincp and modcp.

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