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+<Files ~ "\.(sh|php-dist)$">
+  order allow,deny
+  deny from all
+</Files>
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+### File security
+# Exclude direct access to tpl, tpl.xml, inc.php, sql extensions
+#
+<Files ~ "\.(tpl|tpl.xml|inc.php|sql)$">
+  order allow,deny
+  deny from all
+</Files>
+
+# Exclude direct access
+<Files ~ "(config.php|debug.php)">
+  order allow,deny
+  deny from all
+</Files>
+
+## Enable mod-rewrite
+RewriteEngine On
+
+###### Rewrite rule to force 'www.' prefix. Use only if needed 
+# If your site can be accessed both with and without the 'www.' prefix,
+# use the following setting to redirect all users to access the site with the 'www.'
+# when they access without 'www.'. Uncomment and MAKE sure to adapt for your domain name
+#
+# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
+# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
+
+###### Rewrite rules to block common hacks
+## If you experience problems comment out the operations listed below
+## Block out any script trying to base64_encode crap to send via URL
+RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [OR]
+## Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL
+RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C).*script.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
+## Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
+RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
+## Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
+RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
+## Send all blocked request to homepage with 403 Forbidden error!
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]
+
+## Uncomment line below if FollowSymLinks option is not enabled
+## by default in server configuration
+#
+# Options +FollowSymLinks
+
+## Uncomment following line if your webserver's URL
+## is not directly related to physical file paths.
+## Update Your In-Portal Directory (just / for root)
+#
+# RewriteBase /
+
+## In-Portal SEF URLs
+#
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}/ !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}/index.php !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}/index.html !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(gif|jpg|png|js|css|ico|swf)$ [NC]
+RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?rewrite=on&_mod_rw_url_=$1 [QSA]
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