diff --git a/contrib/.htaccess b/contrib/.htaccess
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+# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+# | Copyright (C) 2004-2024 The Cacti Group                                 |
+# |                                                                         |
+# | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or           |
+# | modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License             |
+# | as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2          |
+# | of the License, or (at your option) any later version.                  |
+# |                                                                         |
+# | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,         |
+# | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of          |
+# | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the           |
+# | GNU General Public License for more details.                            |
+# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+# | Cacti: The Complete RRDtool-based Graphing Solution                     |
+# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+# | This code is designed, written, and maintained by the Cacti Group. See  |
+# | about.php and/or the AUTHORS file for specific developer information.   |
+# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+# | http://www.cacti.net/                                                   |
+# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+# Apache 2.4
+<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
+    Require all denied
+</IfModule>
+
+# Apache 2.2
+<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
+    Order Allow,Deny
+    Deny from all
+</IfModule>
diff --git a/contrib/index.php b/contrib/index.php
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+<?php
+/*
+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | Copyright (C) 2004-2024 The Cacti Group                                 |
+ |                                                                         |
+ | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or           |
+ | modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License             |
+ | as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2          |
+ | of the License, or (at your option) any later version.                  |
+ |                                                                         |
+ | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,         |
+ | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of          |
+ | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the           |
+ | GNU General Public License for more details.                            |
+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | Cacti: The Complete RRDtool-based Graphing Solution                     |
+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | This code is designed, written, and maintained by the Cacti Group. See  |
+ | about.php and/or the AUTHORS file for specific developer information.   |
+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | http://www.cacti.net/                                                   |
+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+*/
+
+header("Location:../index.php");