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#11082 security exception or not(?)

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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 15 February 2012 01:59 CST

user54610
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?)? No
Joomla! version: 1.7.4
PHP version: (unknown)
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you)
Admin Tools version: 2.1a3

Description of my issue:

Hi i would like to know whether the below is normal for all sites or i should worry about or at last is a false warning from admin tools


Hello,

We would like to notify you that a security exception was detected on your site, ************, with the following details:

IP Address: 66.249.72.21 (IP Lookup: http://ip-lookup.net/index.php?ip=66.249.72.21)
Reason: template= in URL

If this kind of security exception repeats itself, please log in to your site's back-end and add this IP address to your Admin Tools's Web Application Firewall feature in order to completely block the misbehaving user.

Best regards,


thanks
antonis

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Go to the WAF Configuration documentation page and look for "Block template=foo site template switch". Read the following three paragraphs.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

user54610
ok thanks
i didnt notice that exception when studying manual

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
You're welcome!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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