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Introduction

Site Security

This plugin provides means to avert Brute-Force-Attacks on your Joomla-Installation. For this purpose, the plugin stores information on failed login attempts, so that when reaching a configurable number of such failed login attempts the attacker's IP address can be blocked. Furthermore, you can configure notifications about failed logins and blocked IP addresses, as well as a configurable (optionally even adaptive) delay for a failed login attempt.

The component included in the package will allow you to view the blocked IP addresses and manage them, manage whitelists of IP addresses which will never be blocked, viewing failed log attempts and testing the notification.

New in version 1.4.6:
- Fix for server errors in component - issues #191/#194
- Fix filter deprecation warning in plugin

(version 1.4.5 skipped due to errors discovered on release)

New in version 1.4.4:
- fix for issue #181/#182/#183

New in version 1.4.3:
- Fix test notification on settings page (fixes #179)
- Fix "call to a member function..." error message on BFStop Options (fixes #178)
- allowlist: Fix table name in (un)install scripts, add update script to ensure correct name for all installations
- Avoid warnings if no log entries exist

New in version 1.4.2:
- Joomla 4 Compatibility
- Language: Whitelist -> Allow list (en/de)
- In component, default sort order descending by date, warn if plugin is not enabled
- In plugin, less verbose log output where unnecessary, fix problems with usernames > 25 characters
- Note that this release introduces one minor backwards incompatibility. Due to #131 (see https://github.com/codeling/bfstop/issues/131), the check interval and the block duration are now two separate settings.

New in version 1.4.1:
- minor release fixing JED checker errors

New in version 1.4.0:
- Blocking via .htaccess
- New method for determining client IP to support load balancers / proxies
- IPv6 fixes (IPv6 subnet masks not yet supported)
- mysql compatibility
- php 7 compatibility
For a detailed list of changes in each version see the commit history at https://github.com/codeling/bfstop/commits/master.

Contributors:
- pt-PT/pt-BR translations and various fixes by solrac (comproperty247(at)gmail.com)
- ca-ES translations by nouespai
- fr-FR translations by Flying_Lolo
- nl-NL translations and various fixes by Rob van Baal (info(at)fischertechnikclub.nl/http://www.fischertechnikclub.nl)
- es-ES translations by Aimagen (info(at)aimagen.com)
- ru-RU translations by Raven (ravencrow(at)mail.ru)
- it-IT translations and various fixes by Stefano Buscaglia (info(at)binarioetico.org/http://www.binarioetico.org)
- old nl-NL translations by Agrusoft

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Excellent and very flexible.



Posted on 10 July 2022
Functionality
It does what it is supposed to do. Blocks IP’s easily after they continue to try to login in front or backend.
Ease of use
Self explanatory, hover over where you want information about. Alle very logical
Documentation
Flexible, because most of the documentation is built into the product at the places where you need it.
I used this to: Protecting my website, which works very effective.
On my wishlist is the possibility of blocking a complete range of IP’s.
Okay, the current approach blocking after a few times is also working, but blocking a range could stop a persistent attacker.

Job done!



Posted on 13 May 2018
Functionality
Covers every significant function.
Ease of use
Very easy.
Support
Not needed.
Documentation
Not needed.
I used this to: Stopping brute force login attempts.

Fonctonnement parfait sous Joomla 3.7



Posted on 30 May 2017
Functionality
Ce qu'il faut
Ease of use
Configuration très simple
Documentation
Très correcte
I used this to: Joomla est assez ciblé, et les tentatives de brut force sur admin existent.

Simple but super effective



Posted on 21 April 2017
Functionality
Easy to install
Ease of use
Perfect simplicity
Support
Not needed
Documentation
Not needed - The plugin makes it a breeze without the need to delve too deeply
I used this to: Preventing random login attempts

Great Extension



Posted on 30 March 2017
Functionality
Great functionality. Does exactly what it says
Ease of use
Three minutes to install and configure. Fabulous
Support
not needed
Documentation
not needed
I used this to: Increased security on my Joomla sites

Excellent Extension!



Posted on 10 September 2016
Functionality
Great
Ease of use
Great
Support
n/a, we did not need support
Documentation
Excellent
I used this to: Our scanOpenLevel customer support web site

Excelent extension



Posted on 02 August 2016
Functionality
very good
Ease of use
very easy
Support
good
Documentation
very good
I used this to: block brute force

Fantastic



Posted on 04 June 2016
Functionality
Works as advertised. User notification is superb.
Ease of use
Install to fully configured and tested was 6 minutes. Couldn't as for better.
Support
Not necessary
Documentation
I used this to: Controlling front end-brute force attacks.

newbie



Posted on 14 May 2016
Functionality
10/10
Ease of use
9/10
Support
10/10
Documentation
I just want to ask how to execute this. I have no idea. I'm not a web developer. Thanks!

configure and publish the "System - Brute Force St
I used this to: Blocking login attempt.
Owner's reply: Typically the default settings are sufficient, you just need to make sure the plugin is enabled. Do this via Extensions -> Plugins, there search e.g. for "Brute Force", then toggle the "status" column until a green check mark is shown.

For more questions, please use the issue tracker over at https://github.com/codeling/bfstop/issues.

This should be a Joomla core feature



Posted on 13 November 2015
Functionality
Does what it is made for
Ease of use
Would be helpfull to have the password logged as well
Documentation
Not always obviopus what it really does
I used this to: To understand how many people try attack the backend
Owner's reply: Thanks for your favorable review!

Regarding storing the password, please see here: https://github.com/codeling/bfstop/wiki/FAQ#why-dont-i-see-the-password-from-the-attempted-login

As for the documentation: Do you have any suggestion how things could be made better understandable? One tends to get a bit blind to such things when working a long time with it, so I'd love to hear suggestions! The ideal place for them would be the issue tracker on github: https://github.com/codeling/bfstop/issues

Brute Force Stop

Version:
1.4.6
Developer:
Bernhard Froehler
Last updated:
May 15 2023
4 months ago
Date added:
Nov 19 2014
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
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Compatibility:
J3 J4
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