[oo7ml]

Hi, i want to restrict admin access to the admin area of my website.

I was thinking of whitelisting all the IP addresses that are allowed to access the admin area.

Is there a service that you can pay for that will allow you to connect through some sort of virtual tunnel, so that you can be guaranteed to have the same IP address regardless of your location, as you will be using the tunnel IP address... not sure if this makes sense... OR maybe you have a better way, thanks in advance...

[Jacques1]

Hi,

simply use (good) passwords like everybody else.

Using the IP is hardly a good solution, since your "IP provider" would also have access to the website.

[gw1500se]

Why can you not accomplish this with an admin login?

[oo7ml]

Hi, thanks for the replies... i have a login screen too and a strong password but i am simply looking for ways to tighten security

[gw1500se]

That is the best you can do unless your admins all have static IPs and don't ever need to access it while on the road or from a wi-fi.

[E-Oreo]

Is there a service that you can pay for that will allow you to connect through some sort of virtual tunnel, so that you can be guaranteed to have the same IP address regardless of your location, as you will be using the tunnel IP address...

Yes, you can do this with any dedicated server or VPS. It also has the added benefit of encrypting your connection regardless of whether the site is using SSL or not. The server just needs to be running an SSH daemon (all Linux servers). Then you can set up an SSH tunnel and configure your web browser to proxy connections through that.