<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small">Thank you, chief. <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Michael Pedersen via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<div class="m_6970800644604398039moz-cite-prefix">For those who have asked here is the
more technical details of how I set this up (It's really just a
quick hack).<br>
<br>
1. inside the wp-admin folder I have a .htaccess file which
forbids access from almost every IP - something similar to:<br>
<br>
Order deny,allow<br>
Deny from all<br>
Allow from 41.212.36.170<br>
<br>
2. Within the main web-root I have a file (see attached php code)
in this example it's called "kictWP.php". When I need access to
the admin I then simply goto <a class="m_6970800644604398039moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mydomain.com/kictWP.php" target="_blank">http://www.mydomain.com/<wbr>kictWP.php</a> -
enters my "secret" password - this then updates the .htaccess file
so wp-admin can be accessed from my curent IP.<br>
<br>
Thats it really..<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Fundi-Mike<div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
On 10/18/17 12:02 PM, anyega jefferson via kictanet wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small">thats a
fascinating fix , Michael, please share a resource i can read
on to learn how to do that,</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small">Thank you.
<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 11:47 AM,
Michael Pedersen via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<p>I agree with George's sentiment on wordpress security -
I have had the (un)pleasant experience of
helping/cleaning several wordpress setups which had been
hacked.</p>
<p>That said I am sure the pro's and con's was considered
when the choice of CMS was made.</p>
<p>In my experience many attacks on wordpress is targeted
on the /wp-admin/ folder, and making that inaccessible
to all but explicitly white-labeled IP's seems to remove
a lot of grief.<br>
</p>
<p>I am personally running only one wordpress installation
which has no (customer) critical data and hosted on a
separate hosting setup. On that setup the admin can on
be access from one specific IP - but you can access a
custom (non wordpress based) system to change the
current allowed IP to whichever IP you are currently on.
<br>
It takes 30seconds extra to login/access the admin but
in my opinion it reduces a lot of problems.<br>
</p>
<p>..<br>
Mike<br>
</p>
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<div class="m_6970800644604398039h5"> <br>
<div class="m_6970800644604398039m_781095465788617325moz-cite-prefix">On
10/15/2017 11:29 PM, george sidney ralak via
kictanet wrote:<br>
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<div class="m_6970800644604398039h5"><div><div class="h5">
<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">I like some of the responses to my
questions. Still, I have to wonder, was security
even considered before going for WP, which is
one of the most targeted by hackers.</font>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">When
considering time and cost, I might consider
WP, but then, do you consider extra plugins
that you might have to purchase, how about
updating issues.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Also,
I believe the client has the right to be
specific with what they want. I just found it
ironic that KICTANet, the platform with people
and institutions in Technology in the country
uses wordPress.</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As
to the websites that use Wordpress, <font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">not one of these sites uses
WP out of the box – there is considerable
custom development to make these sites work
the way they do, development costing a lot
of money. Those sites are not
‘wordpressbeginner’ grade.</font></font></div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at
9:19 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">+1
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The choice of a CMS or an OS, is purely
personal to a developer or a SysAdmin.
From where I sit, it's not questionable
unless STRICTLY specified by a client.</div>
</div>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">
<div>
<div class="m_6970800644604398039m_781095465788617325h5">On
15 October 2017 at 09:05, Ali Hussein
via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div>
<div class="m_6970800644604398039m_781095465788617325h5">
<div dir="auto"><div><div class="h5">George
<div><br>
</div>
<div>On the question of why
Wordpress?</div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">First
it’s an open source Content
Management System (CMS), its </span><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">free to install, deploy,
and upgrade. Then it has
thousands of plugins and
templates that power a
flexible and simple interface,
which reduces development
costs and deployment time. The
dev team was also informed by
the fact that millions of
websites use Wordpress. Some
of he most notable brands that
use Wordpress include
Microsoft and Bloomberg. See
link below:-</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br>
</span></div>
<div><a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/40-most-notable-big-name-brands-that-are-using-wordpress/" target="_blank">http://www.wpbeginner.com/show<wbr>case/40-most-notable-big-name-<wbr>brands-that-are-using-wordpres<wbr>s/</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Hope this answers your
question or concerns?</div>
</div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"We
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Excellence, therefore, is
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Sent from my iPad</div>
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<div class="m_6970800644604398039m_781095465788617325m_7546251761822406917h5"><div><div class="h5">
<div><br>
On 14 Oct 2017, at 1:23
PM, george sidney ralak
via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>>
wrote:<br>
<br>
</div>
</div></div><blockquote type="cite">
<div><div><div class="h5">
<div dir="ltr">Looks
great.
<div><br>
</div>
<div>A few issues
though. Quick links
on the footer are
not really leading
someone anywhere.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>And a question:
Why Wordpress?</div>
</div>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On
Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at
6:11 PM, Francis
Monyango via
kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span>
wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
<div dir="ltr">I
love it. Looks
really good.<br>
</div>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">
<div>
<div class="m_6970800644604398039m_781095465788617325m_7546251761822406917m_-7533275642635068241h5">On
13 October
2017 at 16:55,
Keith Andere
via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span>
wrote:<br>
</div>
</div>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div class="m_6970800644604398039m_781095465788617325m_7546251761822406917m_-7533275642635068241h5"><div><div class="h5">
<div dir="auto">Liz,
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Mobile
optimization
is fantastic.
Looks fresh
and easy to
navigate.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">Barrack
and team,
cheers!<br>
<br>
<div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Regards,<br>
<br>
Keith<br>
<br>
<br>
Please
consider the
environment
before
printing this
e-mail.<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">
<div>
<div class="m_6970800644604398039m_781095465788617325m_7546251761822406917m_-7533275642635068241m_-1685728665568700778h5">On
13 Oct 2017
01:03, "anyega
jefferson via
kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>>
wrote:<br type="attribution">
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</div>
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<div>
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<div dir="ltr">
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:x-small">Great job, looks good, <br>
</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On
Thu, Oct 12,
2017 at 11:55
PM, Liz Orembo
via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Dear
listers,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Greetings,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>KICTANet
has just
finished
working on the
first phase of
the new
website and
would now like
to invite you
to give
comments/suggestions.
Especially on
how it can
serve as an
ICT policy
engagement
platform and
as an
Information
resource for
stakeholders.
<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Here's
the link: <a href="https://www.kictanet.or.ke/" target="_blank">https://www.kictanet.or.ke/.</a>
You can send
your comments
either
on/offlist, or
on the website
itself.<br>
</div>
<div><br clear="all">
</div>
KICTANet owes
a lot to the
brilliant team
that worked on
this website
(Amos Ochieng
from pixels
Kenya, Barrack
Otieno, Mike
Musya and
Washington
Odhiambo)
Special thanks
to Washington
who developed
and maintained
the old
website from
the early days
of the
network.<br>
<br>
</div>
As always, we
thank you for
your continued
feedback and
we hope you
will enjoy the
new look and
feel.<span class="m_6970800644604398039m_781095465788617325m_7546251761822406917m_-7533275642635068241m_-1685728665568700778m_-6006151569431953744m_-6861046037715922399HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<div><font style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="2" face="arial,
helvetica,
sans-serif">Best
regards.<br>
</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" size="2" face="arial,
helvetica,
sans-serif"><font face="arial,
helvetica,
sans-serif">Liz.</font><br>
</font></div>
<font size="2"><font style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif"><br>
P<font face="arial,
helvetica,
sans-serif">GP
ID: </font>0x1F3488BF</font></font></div>
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<div>
<div dir="ltr">Anyega
M Jefferson<br>
<br>
</div>
<div><a href="mailto:jeffersonanyega@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeffersonanyega@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
0703824326<br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
Start where
you are,use
what you have
and do what
you can.<br>
<br>
</div>
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</span></div>
<span></span><br>
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<div dir="ltr">
<div>Francis
Monyango<br>
<br>
Lawyer | ICT
Policy and
Legal
Consultant<br>
<a href="http://www.monyango.com" target="_blank">www.monyango.com</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div dir="ltr">George
Sidney Ralak
<div>UI/UX
Designer</div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Tell:
+254716909815</span><br>
</div>
<div>Skype:
Sidralak</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</span></div>
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<div>Best regards,<br>
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>
Nairobi,KE<br>
+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>
"<span style="font-size:12.8px">Oh,
the cruft.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">"</span></div>
</div>
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<div>
<div dir="ltr">George Sidney Ralak
<div>UI/UX Designer</div>
<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Tell:
+254716909815</span><br>
</div>
<div>Skype: Sidralak</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Anyega M Jefferson<br>
<br>
</div>
<div><a href="mailto:jeffersonanyega@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeffersonanyega@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
0703824326<br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
Start where you are,use what you have and do what you
can.<br>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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