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#14959 Two short questions about .htaccessmaker

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Latest post by nicholas on Saturday, 09 February 2013 15:29 CST

Saturday, 09 February 2013 05:00 CST

user41123

Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? No
Have I searched the tickets before posting? No
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Off course I did..
Joomla! version: 2.5.9
PHP version: 5.3.x
MySQL version: (unknown)
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Admin Tools version: 2.4.4
 
Hi Nicholas,

I use a .htaccess file  created by the fantastic .htaccesmaker and after some finetuning everything works like a charm.
I have two short questions:

1. Should the XML-RPC server option still remain to "Yes" in .htaccesmaker when backing up with webcron.org to Dropbox? I'm not sure if webcron.org uses this mechanism.

2. Is the list of blocking-agents updated in every Admin Tools version or do I have to update it myself? If yes where can I find a recent list of this agents?

Greetings and have a nice weekend,

Paul

Saturday, 09 February 2013 05:07 CST

nicholas

Hello Paul,

1. No, that's a legacy option which doesn't make any sense any more. The last Joomla! version which came with a built-in XMLRPC server was Joomla! 1.5.26.

2. No, it's not updated and it's only a sample collection, not something you need / should use. For example, blocking curl and wget user agents will probably kill off front-end backup jobs and most remote access tools / services interacting with your site. If you don't know what to do with this feature, don't use it. It's an advanced feature for the minority of advanced users who need it.

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!

Saturday, 09 February 2013 05:21 CST

user41123

Hi Nicholas,

Thanks for your explanation, I've set both options to "No" now.
Maybe it's a suggestion to set the option "Allow access to the XML-RPC server to "No" by default in the next version of AT Pro?

Greetings, Paul

Saturday, 09 February 2013 06:03 CST

nicholas

I will have to remove that obsolete option :)

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!

Saturday, 09 February 2013 06:15 CST

user41123

Even better. ;-)

Thanks and have a nice weekend!

Greetings, Paul

Saturday, 09 February 2013 15:29 CST

nicholas

You're welcome, Paul!

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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