AdminExile
Version
2.0.3 (last update on May 17, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
87
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
8 February 2011
AdminExile has long been a favored and highly rated extension in the JED. Read the reviews and try it yourself.
Key features:
* Access key(s) - key only, or key + key value. Others provide one or the other. AdminExile provides BOTH.
* Front-end Restriction - Restrict certain accounts from logging into the front-end with accounts intended only for back-end use.
* Lost Key Recovery - Useful for individuals using extremely difficult keys, or teams who change the keys frequently.
* IP White and Black Lists - Use individual addresses, or CIDR netmasks to define your lists.
* Brute Force Protection - Penalize users who abuse your system.
* Management of blocked addresses - See a list of blacklist attempts and bruteforce attempts, as well as the ability to reset those IP addresses.
* Admin Notification - When abuse comes from a blacklisted address or brute force is detected, an administrator can be sent a notification.
* Stealth Mode - Prevents tell-tale signs that something exists at /administrator, like the session cookie!
There are far too many features to describe in this page. Visit the documentation link to get the bigger picture.
Version 2.0.0 - Massive rewrite, more features, now featuring kitten whispers - recommended upgrade!
Version 2.0.1 - resolves an issue on systems that do NOT have the GMP library (because I thought everyone had it!)
Version 2.0.2 - file missing from previous version
Version 2.0.3 - resolved issue with valueless key
All of my extensions are free and none of my extensions display advertisements or links to my sites or services. If you feel that I have blessed you, then you can bless me by making a contribution to fund future development. Visit the "Website" link to make a contribution.
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This extension is typical of Michael Richey's work: it works perfectly, you find yourself installing it on every website and it's FREE! Michael also strives to continually improve his extensions and is hugely responsive to feature requests and constructive advice. Thanks for another great extension :)
What more can be said? If you are serious about protecting your Joomla admin area, you need this extension. Period! And, like everything developed by Michael Richey, this thing works perfectly, with no hidden back links or superfluous features. A great extension from one of the BEST developers out there helping us!! Thanks!!!!
Wow. This is the first review I have ever done. IT DOES EXACTLY WHAT IS SAYS IT DOES!! Great plugin. Tested on 2.5.9 and3.0 and all worked great. Soooo easy to configure. The hardest part is deciding what words to use. I thank you for this plugin
Owner's reply
Could I make it any easier? That's a good question. I can try.
I was thinking of adding a password generator...
Download, Install and configure, in less than a minute.
It works fine, it does exactly what it does and it's one installation file for all Joomla versions. Very convenient! I read most of the reviews and it does not worth less than Excellent, plus it's totally free and without any links or annoying copyrights in the front end. All the negative reviews and ratings are 100% fault of the people who made the installation and not the extension's developer fault! The extension rocks and it should its rating should be 5 by 5.
It works fine, it does exactly what it does and it's one installation file for all Joomla versions. Very convenient! I read most of the reviews and it does not worth less than Excellent, plus it's totally free and without any links or annoying copyrights in the front end. All the negative reviews and ratings are 100% fault of the people who made the installation and not the extension's developer fault! The extension rocks and it should its rating should be 5 by 5.
Owner's reply
I really try to make good extensions that work. Some people have trouble, and I don't hold that against them. The only think I ask is that when things go bad, let me try to help rather than write a bad review.
Bug fixes and feature additions don't always happen unless users report the bugs and request the features.
Recently I installed one other security extension which informs me of failed log-in attempts to the admin section, and blocks the IP if too many occur.
Until then I never even knew how frequent brute force attempts to guess the admin password were! Nevermind the fact I changed the default admin username to something random and used a really complicated password, I still I ended up getting a dozen alerts for each joomla site I administer, per day! It really freaked me out.
With AdminExile - no more. Now the wicked hack bots can't even try. Awesome. :D
Until then I never even knew how frequent brute force attempts to guess the admin password were! Nevermind the fact I changed the default admin username to something random and used a really complicated password, I still I ended up getting a dozen alerts for each joomla site I administer, per day! It really freaked me out.
With AdminExile - no more. Now the wicked hack bots can't even try. Awesome. :D
Owner's reply
That was my intention when I wrote this extension. Because you can't bruteforce a form that you can't access.
i am a joomla 1.5 user and i have allot of extension for this version, i was not using joomla 3 because of the admin security reasons, so as my personal opinion this one is better then jsecure, as i find this cool plug-in i am going to turn my site to version 3 from version 1.5.26, thank you guys for the great effort put on to build this cool plug-in.
Owner's reply
It's not "you guys", it's just me, a soda, and a bag of tortilla chips.
Thanks for the great review!
This plugin does a nice job of protecting your [administrator] directory. I used to use a .htaccess file that forced password, but that would still confirm the existence of the folder. After getting hacked twice, I wanted something that would block anyone knowing about the administrator directory period; this plugin does exactly what I wanted. I enabled the optional "value+key" in order to make the access key a little bit harder to guess. Thanks muchly!!
OK, Joomla say's I have to write some more, just saying "little VERY useful tool. THANKS TO THE DEVELOPER !" would not be enough... SOOOO, HERE WE GO: IT IS REEEAAALLLYYY REEEAAALLLYYY EXXXELLENT AND I MEAN IT !!! Coz the best start of protecting a site (and frustrate spammers) is not showing them the Admin Login Page in the first place.
Been using this on a number of sites for a while now, and it's so easy and simple to use.
Works great on Joomla 3.
Works great on Joomla 3.
I just installed it, very easy to do, easy to configure, and it works perfekt for me!!! Thx to the developer!!!
This is a wonderful plug-in. Thank You very much. I would have paid You for it, but I'm a poor man, I promise that if I get rich, I will definitely give a good amount of the further development.
Simple and straight forward.
I had over 5,000 hack attempts in less than a week. After installing this plugin, I have had exactly zero attempts.
Keep up the good work.
I had over 5,000 hack attempts in less than a week. After installing this plugin, I have had exactly zero attempts.
Keep up the good work.
Owner's reply
That's amazing! ZERO is the exact number of hack attempts I wanted your site to get!
I'm glad you're pleased! It makes me happy to know that this little plugin is making difference.
Is free and does not have links redirecting to other sites, very honest.
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