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#25696 Correct behavior if you receive a SQLi Shield notice

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Latest post by on Friday, 26 August 2016 17:20 CDT

eleumas
What can i do if i have received an email with SQLi Shield?
What is the correct behavior for protect my site?

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Salve Samuele,

il comportamento corretto è... non fare nulla. Admin Tools ha bloccato la richiesta, per cui il suo sito non è stato toccato. Se il solito IP alza più eccezioni in poco tempo, verrà automaticamente bannato.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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eleumas
Salve. Chiedo scusa per il ritardo con cui rispondo. Quindi finchè arriva la mail di notifica è tutto ok (l'attacco è stato riconosciuto e bloccato)...ma come posso accorgermi se il sito è stato bucato con un operazione SQLi Shield? Arriva qualche tipo di avviso? Grazie.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Hi Sam!

Davide is currently out of office. I used Google Translate to read your conversation and I'll try to reply based on what I understood :)

When you receive an email from Admin Tools it means that it has blocked an attack. The SQLiShield protection is actually very comprehensive and blocks everything we've seen being used out in the wild so far. That's the entire point of having Admin Tools or any other security extension: block potentially harmful requests so that your site doesn't get hacked. So your question is self-defeating: you are protected, therefore you can't be hacked based on what has been blocked. Asking if you could have been hacked based on what is blocked can only yield one answer: no, you can't.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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eleumas
Thanks, for have tried to answer to me. I don't speak english very well and i use often google translate :P

I have understand that Admin Tool block the 99% the attacks and this is, for me, a very beautiful news!

Now, i will be more quiet :)

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome, Sam :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreek: native ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งEnglish: excellent ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrench: basic โ€ข ๐Ÿ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
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