renaming admin.php

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Last Post: January 8, 2016 (RSS)

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By gord - January 8, 2016

Hi,

Yet another (brief) post about renaming admin.php:

After renaming the file, the redirect from index.php no longer works. Not sure which version my copy of the file originally came from, but it contains the following:

<?php if (file_exists('admin.php')): ?> <meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0; URL=admin.php"> <?php endif ?>

I'm wondering if I should replace this with the new filename (or alternatively in php with a header redirect) -- or would this negate the benefit of having renamed the file in the first place?

Gord

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By ross - January 8, 2016

Hi Gord

The idea behind renaming admin.php is because it's a fairly common file name for the admin section of a website and is something hackers will likely try first. From a security standpoint, it's much harder to break into a system if you don't know the name of the "front door"

Updating index.php so it points to your new file name does not impact the effectiveness of this security recommendation so you can go ahead and make that change

Let me know how you make out.

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