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How to Password Protect a Directory in cPanel You can lock a directory with a password using the cPanel's Directory Privacy. 1. Log in to your cPanel account. 2. In the Files section, click on Directory Privacy....

How to Block an IP Address to Deny Access to Your Website You can blacklist an IP Address to deny access to your website.1. Log in to your cPanel account. 2. In the Security section, click on IP Blocker. 3. Under the Add an...

How to Protect Website Images From Being Displayed at an External Website External websites may display your website images on their websites, thus stealing your bandwidth. You can prevent this with Hotlink Protection. 1. Log in to your...

How to Block Any IP Address via an htaccess Rule If you want to block an IP Address, you can add the below lines to your htaccess file. order allow, deny deny from IP-ADDRESS allow from all Replace IP-ADDRESS...

How to Disable Directory Browsing Using the htaccess Rule For security purposes, you should disable directory browsing on your website so no one can see the files/directories of your website. You can disable Directory...

How to Protect the htaccess File You can prevent unauthorized access to your htaccess file by adding this rule to the file: # .htaccess protection order allow, deny deny from all satisfy all

How to Restrict Access to Directories by IP Address To secure your admin area from hackers, you should only allow access to your admin directory from selected IP addresses. You can create a dot htaccess file in the...

How to Enable or Disable Mod Security in cPanel Are you facing the issue of IP getting blocked repeatedly? If the answer is Yes, then it may have happened due to Mod Security. What is Mod Security?ModSecurity is a...

How to Enable the Two-Factor Authentication on Your cPanel Account Security is important for our data safety. We recommend you to enable the Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on your cPanel account in order to prevent hackers from...

How to Disable the Two-Factor Authentication on Your cPanel Account Follow this instruction to remove two-factor authentication from your cPanel account.1. Log in to your cPanel account. 2. In the Security section, click on Two-Factor...