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GuardXT 
Version
1.00.01 (last update on Nov 8, 2009)
Rating
Compatibility
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31
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61
License
GPL
Non-Commercial
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Date Added
13 January 2009
The "heart" of GuardXT is a file system check (best scheduled as a cron job), that regularly monitors changes of your files. Additionally various security checks may be performed (e.g. check Joomla configuration, PHP settings etc...).
The results are presented in an easy to use and understand interface and most security issues can be fixed immediately from the interface.
GuardXT consists of several modules:
* Security News: Receives the JoomlaXT security news and displays them in the admin component
* Version Check: Checks for latest version of Joomla! and GuardXT!
* File Guard: Checks your file system for changes, detects unsafe directory and file permissions.
* Configuration Check: Performs some basic checks of your Joomla configuration
bysebastianv on October 28, 2009
First of all, what does it do?
Security News: Summarizes security news headers, which are clickable. No feeds nor email subscription needed, just goto guardxt main screen.
Version check: Checks the version of Joomla, of Guardxt and installed components. Great to see a summary of which components need upgrade.
File Guard: Checks permissions, and can set permissions (only 644 and 755), also does a file comparison of what file's have changed.
Joomla Server Configuration Check: Checks how some security settings are defined. Like is default admin active, is configuration file writable etc. This sorta also gives you hints on what to change (make the red light, green ;-))
PHP Checks: Checks how the global php.ini file in configured. Has the ability to start a wizard for local php.ini
Installed like a charm, very easy to use, nice lay-out. A must have for every joomla site. It gives you an overview of the more important security settings!
Security News: Summarizes security news headers, which are clickable. No feeds nor email subscription needed, just goto guardxt main screen.
Version check: Checks the version of Joomla, of Guardxt and installed components. Great to see a summary of which components need upgrade.
File Guard: Checks permissions, and can set permissions (only 644 and 755), also does a file comparison of what file's have changed.
Joomla Server Configuration Check: Checks how some security settings are defined. Like is default admin active, is configuration file writable etc. This sorta also gives you hints on what to change (make the red light, green ;-))
PHP Checks: Checks how the global php.ini file in configured. Has the ability to start a wizard for local php.ini
Installed like a charm, very easy to use, nice lay-out. A must have for every joomla site. It gives you an overview of the more important security settings!
byrasterblaster on August 3, 2009
Looks very good, installed it to try it out - only downside is when you uninstall, it leaves all the database tables in joomla, which is great for upgrading, no good for uninstalling - a utility to do a clean uninstall would be useful - any chance of that?
or can you just remove the:
jos_guardxt_config
jos_guardxt_files
jos_guardxt_hash
jos_guardxt_runs
through myPHPadmin ?
or can you just remove the:
jos_guardxt_config
jos_guardxt_files
jos_guardxt_hash
jos_guardxt_runs
through myPHPadmin ?
byhcharles on May 27, 2009
This component is unavoidable, even if you think your site is secure. It helps check how secure is your installation and makes it easy to monitor your joomla files.
-Charles
-Charles
byHerzwacht on May 9, 2009
This is a must have component for each website administrator. It saves me a lot of time making my site safe. Great help guidance. You get a basically safety for your cms with this tool. Excellent!
byDevx1 on April 30, 2009
What a great extension! I've been manually locking down my Joomla sites, but now with this handy tool I can install and run the tests and move on to another job knowing my sites are secure. Thank you for such a great product.
This is a very useful, easy to install, easy to use tool that every admin should have!
Good for the pro's and novice's alike!
Good job and thanks!!!
Good for the pro's and novice's alike!
Good job and thanks!!!
bySergei_Shablovsky on March 9, 2009
Component are very powerful, handle (in my case) more then 25 000 files on one server, no any conflicts with other modules/plugins at all, no any js library conflicts (Jquery, mootools, etc), MUST HAVE for any serious Joomla! developer.
Really thanks to autor!
Really thanks to autor!
bypmcnamara on January 14, 2009
Installed like a breeze, did exactly what it was suppose to do. Right off the top let me know that J!1.5.9 was out, which I hadn't noticed yet. It linked me right to the download page so I didn't have to surf around looking for the update. The 3rd party component checking device doesn't list what the most current version is, but it does link what version I have and provide a link to the developers home page, making updating much easier. The checks of the file system and joomla core system pointed out permission errors and security enhancements I could make (and did). This is probably the best COM I've downloaded in 6 months.