Security

Securing your hosting: SSL certificates, hardening and attack mitigation.

8 guides in this section.

How to Block an IP Address Using an htaccess Rule This guide shows you how to block one or more IP addresses from reaching a website using a rule in the site's...

How to Disable Directory Browsing Using .htaccess Directory browsing, also called directory listing or directory indexing, is the behaviour where a web server, finding...

How to Generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) in cPanel A Certificate Signing Request (CSR) is the block of encoded text a Certificate Authority (CA) asks for when you buy...

How to Install an SSL Certificate on Your Domain Using AutoSSL in cPanel AutoSSL is the cPanel feature that issues and renews a free domain-validated SSL certificate for your domains...

How to Protect the htaccess File Your .htaccess file often holds sensitive configuration: rewrite rules, access controls, references to password...

How to Remove a CSR Code in cPanel A Certificate Signing Request (CSR) is a one-off block of encoded text you hand to a Certificate Authority (CA) when...

How to Restrict Access to Directories by IP Address Restricting a directory to a short list of trusted IP addresses is one of the simplest and most effective ways to...

How to Retrieve a Saved CSR in cPanel If you generated a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) in cPanel and then lost the copy you saved, you do not need to...