cPanel – Leech Protection
How to use Leech Protection in cPanel?
Step 1. As usual, log in to your cPanel account and search for the security section. You can easily find a Leech Protection icon, click to open.
Step 2. When you click on “Leech Protect”, you will get a new window. You can select a domain/ sub-domain which you have added previously in your cPanel.
Step 3. When you click on “Save changes” button.
Step 4. On this new screen, you can see tons of directories to secure. You can enable leech protection for any of the directories.
For now, it's better to choose public _HTML, because all of your website's data is available in this directory. If you have an FTP account, make sure, you protect it.
Click on public _HTML.
Step 3. This is the page, where you require to fill out all the information about enabling leech protection for your public HTML directory.
- Number of Logins per Username Allowed in a 2-Hour Period (It's recommended to choose 4 login attempts, you can also pick two, the choice is yours.)
- URL to redirect Leech users to (The best idea is to redirect them to an error page, maybe a 404-error page. If you have created any custom error page, fill in its URL.)
- Fill in the email address, to which, you want an email notification whenever the leech protection redirects a user from the site. (Don't forget to tick the checkbox.)
- Disable Compromised Accounts (It's a great way to suspend the accounts of the users, who have shared their login credentials publicly.)
Click on Enable button.
