Re: FN-FORUM: phpBB attacks

date posted 17th October 2006 14:56

> By doing this will it not cause a problem in accessing the forum or does it
> not do anything other than stop hackers.
>
> > - increase security by adding .htacess password protection to the
> > admin directory. You can also do this to modcp in the root directory
>

No, it just means that to access any administrative or mod function
you need to login via a password prompt as well as the board login.
Normal users who have no need to access these sections won't see it.
e.g .htaccess in admin

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Admin Access Only"
AuthUserFile "/path/toyour/.htpasswds/passwd"
require valid-user

and in the root of phpbb to secure modcp a .htaccess e.g


AuthType Basic
AuthName "Moderators Only"
AuthUserFile "/path/toyour/.htpasswds/passwd"
Require valid-user


Mike