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title: Securing your DEV site(s) when not in use
description: "A site that's under development may be an easy target for hackers. Here's a quick and easy way to secure it using your**.htaccess** file. Suppose you have set up a subdomain, https://teal.acastudyabroad.com, for development purposes. Add the following code block…"
url: "https://wiki.nad.cloud/docs/securing-your-dev-sites-when-not-in-use/"
updated: "2022-02-18"
category: Security
---

# Securing your DEV site(s) when not in use

A site that's under development may be an easy target for hackers. Here's a quick and easy way to secure it using your**.htaccess** file.

Suppose you have set up a subdomain, https://teal.acastudyabroad.com, for development purposes. Add the following code block at the top of the**.htaccess** file in your site's web root, in order to redirect the teal site to the live site (www).

```
# IN ORDER TO TURN OFF THE TEAL SITE, SIMPLY CHANGE 'FALSE' to 'TRUE' IN LINE 2
<IF "false">
RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.acastudyabroad.com/$1 [L,R=301,NC]
</IF>
# Your normal htaccess stuff goes below
```