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    <div class="moz-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="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mydomain.com/kictWP.php">http://www.mydomain.com/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<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      On 10/18/17 12:02 PM, anyega jefferson via kictanet wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CABtqNrd28E7fQYxGkgnMimNtZy+j5JWar_LxxNgPL_ZCOv=esA@mail.gmail.com">
      <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>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">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" moz-do-not-send="true">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
              <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>
              <div>
                <div class="h5"> <br>
                  <div class="m_781095465788617325moz-cite-prefix">On
                    10/15/2017 11:29 PM, george sidney ralak via
                    kictanet wrote:<br>
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                  <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 class="gmail_extra"><br>
                      <div class="gmail_quote">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" moz-do-not-send="true">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 class="gmail_extra"><br>
                            <div class="gmail_quote">
                              <div>
                                <div class="m_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"
                                      moz-do-not-send="true">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span>
                                  wrote:<br>
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                                  <div class="m_781095465788617325h5">
                                    <div dir="auto">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"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true">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><br>
                                        <div
id="m_781095465788617325m_7546251761822406917m_-7533275642635068241AppleMailSignature">
                                          <div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div>
                                          <div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div>
                                          <div><b
                                              style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein
                                              & Associates</b></div>
                                          <div
                                            style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254
                                            0713 601113 </div>
                                          <div
                                            style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>
                                            <p style="margin:0in 0in
                                              0pt"><span
                                                style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter:
                                                @AliHKassim</span></p>
                                            <span
                                              style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"></span>
                                            <p style="margin:0in 0in
                                              0pt"><span
                                                style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype:
                                                abu-jomo</span></p>
                                            <p style="margin:0in 0in
                                              0pt"><span
                                                style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a
href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true">http://ke.linkedin.c<wbr>om/in/alihkassim</a></span></p>
                                            <font><br>
                                            </font></div>
                                          <div><span
                                              style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"We
                                              are what we repeatedly do.
                                              Excellence, therefore, is
                                              not an act but a habit."
                                               ~ Aristotle</span></div>
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                                          <div><span><br>
                                            </span></div>
                                          Sent from my iPad</div>
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                                            <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"
                                                moz-do-not-send="true">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>>
                                              wrote:<br>
                                              <br>
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                                              <div>
                                                <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 class="gmail_extra"><br>
                                                  <div
                                                    class="gmail_quote">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"
moz-do-not-send="true">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span>
                                                    wrote:<br>
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                                                      <div dir="ltr">I
                                                        love it. Looks
                                                        really good.<br>
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                                                      <div
                                                        class="gmail_extra"><br>
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                                                          <div
class="m_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"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span>
                                                          wrote:<br>
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                                                          </div>
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style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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                                                          <div
                                                          dir="auto">Liz,
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                                                          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
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                                                          dir="auto">Regards,<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Keith<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Please
                                                          consider the
                                                          environment
                                                          before
                                                          printing this
                                                          e-mail.<br>
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <div
class="m_781095465788617325m_7546251761822406917m_-7533275642635068241m_-1685728665568700778h5">On
                                                          13 Oct 2017
                                                          01:03, "anyega
                                                          jefferson via
                                                          kictanet" <<a
href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>>
                                                          wrote:<br
                                                          type="attribution">
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style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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                                                          <div
                                                          class="gmail_default"
style="font-size:x-small">Great job, looks good, <br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div
                                                          class="gmail_extra"><br>
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                                                          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"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span>
                                                          wrote:<br>
                                                          <blockquote
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style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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                                                          </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"
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true">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
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                                                          <div>-- <br>
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                                                          face="arial,
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                                                          regards.<br>
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                                                          <div dir="ltr">Anyega
                                                          M Jefferson<br>
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                                                          <div><a
                                                          href="mailto:jeffersonanyega@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jeffersonanyega@gmail.com</a><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          0703824326<br>
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                                                          Start where
                                                          you are,use
                                                          what you have
                                                          and do what
                                                          you can.<br>
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data-smartmail="gmail_signature">
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                                                          <div>Francis
                                                          Monyango<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Lawyer | ICT
                                                          Policy and
                                                          Legal
                                                          Consultant<br>
                                                          <a
                                                          href="http://www.monyango.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.monyango.com</a><br>
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data-smartmail="gmail_signature">
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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>
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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>
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                        data-smartmail="gmail_signature">
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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>
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              <div dir="ltr">Anyega M Jefferson<br>
                <br>
              </div>
              <div><a href="mailto:jeffersonanyega@gmail.com"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jeffersonanyega@gmail.com</a><br>
                <br>
                0703824326<br>
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                Start where you are,use what you have and do what you
                can.<br>
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