Security | Websiteroof https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/category/hosting/security/ The Best Canadian Web Hosting | Web Hosting Canada | Websiteroof Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:39:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.5 https://websiteroof.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-websiteroof-logo-1024-1204-32x32.png Security | Websiteroof https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/category/hosting/security/ 32 32 How to Disable the Two-Factor Authentication on Your cPanel Account? https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/hosting/security/how-to-disable-the-two-factor-authentication-on-cpanel/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:39:09 +0000 https://websiteroof.com/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=6151 If you want to remove the Two-Factor Authentication from your cPanel account, follow this instruction. 1. Log into your cPanel account. 2. In the “Security” section, click on the “Two-Factor Authentication” Icon. 3. Click on the “Remove Two-Factor Authentication” button. 4. For confirmation, click on “Remove“. You will see a message like “Success: The system […]

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]]> How to Enable the Two-Factor Authentication on Your cPanel Account? https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/hosting/security/how-to-enable-the-two-factor-authentication-on-cpanel/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:29:01 +0000 https://websiteroof.com/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=6149 Security is important for our data safety and we recommended you enable the Two-Factor Authentication(2FA) on your cPanel account so that hackers will be unable to access your cPanel account even if they have somehow obtained your account”s user and password details. What are the Requirements? You will need a smartphone with a supported time-based […]

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]]> How to Enable or Disable Mod Security in cPanel? https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/hosting/security/how-to-enable-or-disable-mod-security-in-cpanel/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:18:47 +0000 https://websiteroof.com/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=6146 s your IP frequently blocked when you access a WordPress admin area or any type of script with a web browser? Are you left with the feeling that your IP is blocked or that the server is down or isn’t working? If the answer is “Yes”, then it may have happened as a result of […]

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]]> How to restrict directory access by IP address? https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/hosting/security/how-to-restrict-directory-access-by-ip-address/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:15:11 +0000 https://websiteroof.com/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=6144 In order to secure your admin area from hackers, we recommended you allow access only from your selected IP to your admin directory. You just need to create a .htaccess file in the directory where you want to restrict access by IP Address. For example, if you have a WordPress blog installed on your main […]

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]]> How to protect your .htaccess file? https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/hosting/security/how-to-protect-your-htaccess-file/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:11:30 +0000 https://websiteroof.com/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=6142 For security purpose, we recommended you prevent access to your .htaccess file from unauthorized access. Add this code to your .htaccess file: # .htaccess protection order allow, deny deny from all satisfy all

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]]> How to disable directory browsing using .htaccess? https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/hosting/security/how-to-disable-directory-browsing-using-htaccess/ Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:08:48 +0000 https://websiteroof.com/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=6140 For security purposes, we recommend that you disable directory browsing on your website so no one can see the files/folders of your website. You can disable Directory Browsing by adding this line to your .htaccess file. Options -Indexes

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]]> How to ban any IP Address via .htaccess? https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/hosting/security/how-to-ban-any-ip-address-via-htaccess/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:07:01 +0000 https://websiteroof.com/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=6138 If someone is trying to hack your website or you want to block their IP Address, you can add this line to your .htaccess file. order allow, deny deny from IP-ADDRESS allow from all Replace “IP-ADDRESS” with the IP Address you want to block.

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]]> How to protect your website’s images from an external website? https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/hosting/security/how-to-protect-websites-images-from-an-external-website/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:04:13 +0000 https://websiteroof.com/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=6136 External Website can use < IMG /> tag to display an image from your site somewhere else on the internet and The end result of this is that the other website steals your bandwidth. 1. Log into your cPanel account. 2. In the “Security” section, click on the “HotLink Protection” Icon. 3. If it displays […]

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]]> How to blacklist an IP Address to deny it access to your website? https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/hosting/security/how-to-blacklist-an-ip-address-to-deny-it-access-to-website/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:59:47 +0000 https://websiteroof.com/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=6134 You can lock the directory with a password by using the cPanel “Password Protected Directories” option. 1. Log into your cPanel account. 2. In the “Security” section, click on the “IP Blocker” Icon. 3. Under “Add an IP or Range” you should enter the IP Address you wish to block. 4. Click on the “Add” […]

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]]> How to protect a folder with username and password in cPanel? https://websiteroof.com/knowledgebase/hosting/security/how-to-protect-a-folder-with-username-and-password/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:54:08 +0000 https://websiteroof.com/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=6132 You can lock a directory with a password by using the cPanel “Password Protected Directories” Option. 1. Log into your cPanel account. 2. In the “Files” section, click on the “Directory Privacy” Icon. 3. Click the icon to open a folder. 4. Click on the name of the directory you want to protect by password. […]

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