Completely disable entire site?

NetsSource

• October 03, 2019 11:44

Hi One of our customers had a site, that had some malicious code. He disabled the site (let's say) example.com If you visit that domain, it is disabled. However, there is a link still enabled (let's say) example.com/files/this_directory/that_directory/nasty_code.html Is this possible or is the link still cached in my browser? Thanks

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  Jcats

  • October 03, 2019 17:44

  Depends how it was disabled, did he put 'deny from all' in .htaccess? Could still be overwritten if there is another .htaccess allowing access to 'nasty_code.html' But yes it could be cached in browser, just open up your browser in incognito mode and test it.

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  ffeingol

  • October 03, 2019 18:32

  We do similar by blocking it via .htaccess Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from ##.##.##.##
  That way the site owner can still access email and you can allow them access via the "allow from" so then can run updates etc. As @Jcats said, it's not foolproof as the .htaccess file can easily be overwritten.

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  NetsSource

  • October 04, 2019 19:15

  As always. Thanks guys!

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