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#17309 Multiple IP Brute Force Attack

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 03 September 2013 00:52 CDT

user78601
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: (2.5.14)
PHP version: (5.3.26)
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: (Siteground)
Admin Tools version: (2.5.14)

Description of my issue:
Admin Tools has been working great for most things. However, I have a brute force attack which comes from multiple IPs. Admin Tools is in the process of blocking these, which are occurring about one every 10 seconds. What can be done about these kind of attacks?

Regards,
Lance

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Nothing more than what is already being done. These are the reason why you want to have very strong passwords, automatic blocking of repeat offenders and back-end protection behind a secret word and/or an additional username/password. All these are offered by Admin Tools except strong passwords: that's up to you.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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