reubenyau.com— Graywolf and stuntdbl's blogs got defaced recently by someone accessing files in the wp-admin folder. Find out how to protect your wp-admin folder with a .htacess file.
Jan 16, 2007View in Crawl 4
I think it is a clever fix, personally.Sure, it is easy to about it, because it has a few cons here and there, but PLEASE stop and think... Maybe, just maybe, a person can not upgrade their site on a whim to fix security issues... What if, for example, you use critical plug-ins that aren't supported by the newest "secure" version? What if, for example, I don't have the time to do a full upgrade because I am busy running a business and I need to put off the upgrade for a few days. SERIOUSLY, DO PEOPLE NOT THINK?! A quick fix like this is VERY useful for many different types of people."It will create more problems than it will solve" - Are you stupid? Which is worse, getting hacked, or having to spend a few extra minutes adding a new IP to your .htaccess file?This is NOT a solution to wordpress hacks, but it is an EXCELLENT temporary fix! I wish people would give credit where credit is due. Seriously, stop and think for just a few seconds... This article might actually be helping someone who has different needs. :) /rant
bfdhudJan 17, 2007
I hate to sound stupid, but just don't blog.
v3rt1g0lmiJan 17, 2007
...or you can just update to 2.1.7...
ear1greyJan 17, 2007
The concept is right but your syntax is wrong, for the octave you need to do something like:Deny do.re.mi.(fa|so|la|ti|do)
noamsmlJan 17, 2007
Unfortunately, it only works if you have a static IP address (oh, how I wish I had one!)
xenixninjaJan 17, 2007
w00t! Your IP changes every second? Or are you just too lazy to change your htaccess file?
zorlakJan 18, 2007
I think it is a clever fix, personally.Sure, it is easy to about it, because it has a few cons here and there, but PLEASE stop and think... Maybe, just maybe, a person can not upgrade their site on a whim to fix security issues... What if, for example, you use critical plug-ins that aren't supported by the newest "secure" version? What if, for example, I don't have the time to do a full upgrade because I am busy running a business and I need to put off the upgrade for a few days. SERIOUSLY, DO PEOPLE NOT THINK?! A quick fix like this is VERY useful for many different types of people."It will create more problems than it will solve" - Are you stupid? Which is worse, getting hacked, or having to spend a few extra minutes adding a new IP to your .htaccess file?This is NOT a solution to wordpress hacks, but it is an EXCELLENT temporary fix! I wish people would give credit where credit is due. Seriously, stop and think for just a few seconds... This article might actually be helping someone who has different needs. :) /rant