ochSimpleFirewall Security Suite - Complete Protection for Your Joomla Website

Are you losing sleep over hackers, malware, or spam bots hammering your site? Is your server under heavy load from AI scrapers that never stop crawling? It's time to take back control.

ochSimpleFirewall has evolved from a trusted single plugin into a complete four-part security package, giving you deeper insight, automated maintenance, and a real-time view of everything being blocked on your site. Same proven protection. Now with a full management interface, background automation, and a live security dashboard right in your Joomla admin panel.

Did you know that automated bots regularly probe your website for vulnerabilities and spam opportunities? Did you know that AI scrapers now make up a significant portion of the load on most public websites? And did you know that dedicated companies actively combat these threats and maintain lists of millions of malicious IP addresses, updated in near real-time?

ochSimpleFirewall taps into these lists automatically, so your site is protected around the clock without any manual effort on your part.

With the new ochSimpleFirewall Security Suite, you gain instant control over who can access your website. Block or redirect visitors whose IP addresses match known offender lists, automatically expire inactive accounts, protect your admin panel, and watch it all happen in real time — directly from your Joomla dashboard.

What's in the Security Suite

• 🔧 The Extension > Your Security Control Center: A dedicated interface where you manage block and allow lists, fine-tune your configuration, and view detailed reporting graphs of all blocked activity. Everything in one place, always up to date.
• ⚡ The System Plugin > The Firewall Engine: The optimized core engine you already trust, now even faster and more efficient. It intercepts threats before they reach your site and redirects malicious bots and scrapers without adding any overhead.
• 🕐 The Tasks Scheduler Plugin > Automatic Maintenance: No more manual upkeep. This plugin runs silently in the background, automatically refreshing caches, updating GeoIP databases, and handling user account protection — all on schedule, without any intervention needed.
• 📊 The Administrator Module > Security at a Glance: A real-time widget for your Joomla admin dashboard. See your current security status and blocked activity graphs the moment you log in.

Benefits of ochSimpleFirewall:

• Peace of mind knowing your website is protected from the latest threats, automatically
• Reduced risk of malware infection, spam attacks, and content scraping
• Improved website performance by blocking unwanted bot traffic before it hits your server
• Full visibility into what's being blocked, when, and why
• Automated background maintenance, no manual updates or cache clearing needed
• Increased visitor trust and confidence in your site's security

Features of ochSimpleFirewall:

• Automatically blocks IP addresses known to be used by hackers, malware distributors, and spammers
• Automatically blocks over 350 AI bots, which today make up a significant portion of server load
• Automatically blocks abusers based on fraudulent behavior on your website
• Allows you to block visitors based on their country (GeoIP filtering)
• GeoIP database updated automatically in the background
• Integrates seamlessly with Fail2Ban on your hosting environment
• Block and allow list management via a clean, dedicated UI
• Detailed reporting graphs of blocked activity over time
• Real-time security status widget in your Joomla administrator dashboard
• Protects your administrator page with support for multiple login accounts
• Notifies your users of new device logins and changes to their password or email address
• Automatically expires, blocks, or requires a password reset for accounts inactive for a configured period
• Prevents account and password sharing by limiting the number of simultaneous logins per account
• Comes with out-of-the-box support for multiple languages: en-GB, de-DE, es-ES, fr-FR and nl-NL