.htaccess and php.ini

[Joazo]

Hello,

1. I added this to my php.ini for improve security of my forum:

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allow_url_fopen=off

disable_functions = proc_open , popen, disk_free_space, set_time_limit, leak, tmpfile, exec, system, shell_exec, passthru

Can it cause any problem to the forum?

2. What is Mod Security and how can I enable it on my forum?

3. Does SMF forum using Perl scripts?
I want to add this to my .htaccess for more security:

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##Deny access to all CGI, Perl, Python and text files
<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|pl|py|txt)">
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
##If you are using a robots.txt file, please remove the
# sign from the following 3 lines to allow access only to the robots.txt file:
#<FilesMatch robots.txt>
#Allow from all
#</FilesMatch>

It won't cause any problems?

Kind Regards,
Joazo

[Masterd]

2. What is Mod Security and how can I enable it on my forum?

Take a look at this:

Having problems with mod_security?

[Joazo]

Ok what about 1. and 3. please

[Angelina Belle]

3. SMF is written in Php.  It does not use Perl scripts.