Increase security of forum

[michigan033]

Password protect the AdminCP and ModCP directories with a different pass than the one you use for your forum user. That stops people from getting your forum pass and getting into AdminCP or ModCP and screwing over your site. I also password protect my includes directory. Make sure you Upgrade to 3.81 PL1. If you have root access to your server change your SSH and FTP ports to prevent possible DDoS attacks on them. Make sure your Database password is insanely strong and not easy for a hacker to "bruteforce". As some other people said "Do not make any hackers Mad". Also if you have a fair few people that don't like you i would pay UltimA and his Security Team to monitor your site.

michigan033 Reviewed by michigan033 on 7th Mar 2009. Increase security of forum Hello all! How can I protect my forum from hack attempts and how can I increase the security of my forum? Vbulletin Version:3.8.1 Thank you for your time!:) Rating: 5

[WDBIZ]

Don't make enemies, try to be friendly with all other webmasters.
Keep up to date, check daily on google "vbulletin 3.8.1 exploit", if one is released, upgrade.
Make all administrators unalterable in the config.php.
Password protect your admincp folder with a different user / pass than the one on your vB script via ".htaccess".
http://www.bc.edu/offices/help/meta-...refolder.shtml
Find a host you can trust.
And finally, take backups daily, or if your forum is really active do it twice per day.