HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a web security policy that will force requests to be servers via secure connections HTTPS. Simple HTTP requests are not served. HSTS syntax is: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=<expire-time> Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=<expire-time>; includeSubDomains Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=<expire-time>; preload max-ageThe time, in…

It's very easy to redirect requests to .html pages to .php pages. You will need to add some lines to the .htaccess file. If this file doesn't exist in your directory then you must create it. The two lines are:…

You are moving your site to another domain. You want to redirect users to the new domain. But you have a script on a directory that you still want to access on the old domain. The necessary lines that must…

There are many security guides that recommend protecting your hidden files (.htaccess, .htpasswd etc.) with .htaccess rules. So to protect your hidden files, just add this code snippet to your main site .htaccess file. # Deny access to hidden files…

It's very simple to block access to a directory. We will use in this article some rules for the .htaccess file. Just add the following lines in your .htaccess file: RedirectMatch 403 ^/folder_name/?$ ErrorDocument 403 default The above lines will…

Many times you may need to use a different file name for the default index page. Most web servers use a list of default index pages, like index.html, index.htm, index.php, index.phtml etc. You can easily instruct the webserver to load…