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Old 09-13-2004, 04:14 PM
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A disgruntled ex-moderator has tried to hack into my account, on my forum.
I got an email telling me that my account was frozen due to 5 bad attempts to log on. The i.p. address traced to him.

I've banned his account and intend to htaccess protect my Mod and Admin control panels. Is there anything else I can do though to prevent him continually trying? Any hacks or other ideas? :ermm:
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Old 09-13-2004, 04:32 PM
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A disgruntled ex-moderator has tried to hack into my account, on my forum.
I got an email telling me that my account was frozen due to 5 bad attempts to log on. The i.p. address traced to him.

I've banned his account and intend to htaccess protect my Mod and Admin control panels. Is there anything else I can do though to prevent him continually trying? Any hacks or other ideas? :ermm:
As long as he can reach the login area I dont believe there is anything you can do to stop him from trying to login as you. Except maybe change your login account name to one he doesn't know.
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Old 09-13-2004, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Milesian
A disgruntled ex-moderator has tried to hack into my account, on my forum.
I got an email telling me that my account was frozen due to 5 bad attempts to log on. The i.p. address traced to him.

I've banned his account and intend to htaccess protect my Mod and Admin control panels. Is there anything else I can do though to prevent him continually trying? Any hacks or other ideas? :ermm:
Don't intend. Do it. Now.
Security is not something you should wait with.

Also, make sure all your admins don't have easy passwords. Change them regularly. A random combination of letters and digits is best. Same for the htaccess.
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