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Deer

2011-06-13, 07:33 AM
Hello

I wanted to ask you , does ddos is reduced when i password protect public_html ?

Thanks

Aries-Belgium

2011-06-13, 09:31 AM
A DDOS attack is overloading the server by doing a lot of requests. I don't think password protecting the public_html folder will help with this. Your webhost needs to enable extra security against DDOS attacks.
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