7 Tip's to Secure your Visichat Admin Panel

As we continued to emphasize the security of your Visichat admin panel , we have compiled a fully detailed article that will highlight some of the must have security measures for your Visichat Admin Area.

1. Create Custome Admin Panel Link

It is very obvious that in order to access the Visichat admin panel, all one has to do is type in the url of the site with /admin Now if you used a same password in more than one location, and it was jeopardized then it is easy for the hacker to hack your site

2. Pick a Strong Password

This is a very obvious step, but we must mention it as it can’t be emphasized enough. Do not use the same password in other places. Try to make each password different and hard to guess.Use these type of passwords' @#*$*[kMu23*55;;Xv

3. Use Secure SSL connection

Use SSL connection because with this no one can see the conservation between you and your sever and every data you recive and send to server is secure and encrypt. You can login to Visichat Admin Panel through the encrypted channels with SSL meaning your session URLs will have https://. You must confirm with your webhosts that you have Shared SSL, or you own a SSL certificate

4.Password Protect Visichat Directory

There is nothing wrong with having two passwords. It just adds another level of security to your Visichat Admin Panel .You can enable this from your cPanel called ' Password Protect Directorys'

5.Limited Access via IP Address

You can limit access to your Visichat admin Panel and only allow certain IP Addresses to access. All you have to do is create a .htaccess file in your admin panel folder if there is not one there already. Paste the following code:

AuthUserFile /dev/null
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Visichat Admin Access Control"
AuthType Basic
<LIMIT GET>
order deny,allow
deny from all
# whitelist Syed's IP address
allow from xx.xx.xx.xxx
# whitelist David's IP address
allow from xx.xx.xx.xxx
# whitelist  IP address
allow from xx.xx.xx.xxx
# whitelist IP address
allow from xx.xx.xx.xxx
# whitelist Work IP address
allow from xx.xx.xx.xxx
</LIMIT>

Change the IP Address and it will work. The downside to this hack is that if you ever want to access the admin panel from some other place, you won’t be able to do so unless you add that extra IP in your .htaccess file.

6. Never use “admin” Username for Visichat Admin Panel

This is the first user that is created when Visichat is installed. You should never use or keep this user. Because in the past multiple loopholes have been found that are linked to Brute Force Attack and admin username, you should refrain from using it. You should create another user using your Visichat admin panel. Try to make this username something that is not obvious, so it is harder for the hacker to guess. Then delete the admin user altogether to stay on the safe side.If you want to change admin user name go to MySQL database > visichat_admin_users table and change `admin` username with your new username

7. Stay Updated with the Latest Visichat Version

Last but definitely not the least is to stay updated with the latest version of Visichat because after each version is release, Visicha talso releases the bugs and exploits of the previous version which puts your Admin Area in risk if you don’t upgrade.

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