Any tips on SMF forum security?

[pittu]

I can .htaccess password protect adminpanel?

Secure settings.php?

etc etc?

[Arantor]

How do I make my forum safer against hacker attacks?

Don't bother trying to protect the admin areas with htaccess; it's trivially getaroundable.

Securing Settings.php can limit you too, like preventing you using maintenance mode.

[pittu]

How do I make my forum safer against hacker attacks?

Securing Settings.php can limit you too, like preventing you using maintenance mode.

Arantor, I read that url already. I thought present users of SMF forum are using any other methods to secure it further.

If the forum is not in maintenance mode. how do I protect settings.php?

[Arantor]

No, you misunderstand me. The obvious method is to make it read only. This will prevent you actually putting the forum in maintenance mode.