htaccess

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.htaccess is the file used for configuring particular sites on apache (as opposed to httpd.conf which is global).

How to

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How to block POST

If you need to block all POST requests, e.g. due to an underlying language handling vulnerability (e.g. PHP2Shell), you can add the following lines to your .htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

• Tantek Çelik has set this up on his sites that use PHP
• Add yourself here… (see this for more details)

See Also

• Wikipedia:.htaccess
• Apache
• LiteSpeed
• redirect
• Understanding .htaccess by Lauren Brumfield
• http://www.htaccesscheck.com/ a checker to validate that your .htaccess lines are free of any syntax errors
• https://htaccess.madewithlove.be/ to test your htaccess