On this page you will find a guide on how to help keep your website secure within Cpanel. Everyone knows how important security can be to a website, so checking out these key features in Cpanel can help keep your website safe and trusted amongst the World Wide Web.
Password Protecting Directories
One you are logged into your Cpanel, click on the 'Password Protect Directories' icon located under the Security category.
On that page, you'll notice a list of all the folders (directories) located under your public_html folder. If at anytime, you would like to password protect these folders, you are able to with this very useful feature.
Once you click on a specific folder/directory the next page is where you are able to create user's for the directory to view this secure directory.
Denying IP Addresses
On the home page of Cpanel, click on the 'Deny IP Manager' icon located under the Security category.
On this page, you are able to deny as many IP addresses as you like. They even show examples of the range of IPs that you may deny and how to. A useful feature to stop spam sites from seeing your website.
Hotlink Protection
On the main page of the Cpanel, locate the 'Hotlink Protection' icon located under the security category.
This feature is extremely useful for protecting your and your website's files from people hotlinking or "direct-linking" them. This can cause your bandwidth with being ate up very quickly if users online were to do this, so in order to save your bandwidth, enabling this feature is key. You are also able to put in websites that you do not mind hotlinking your files.
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