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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: (2.5.9)
PHP version: (5.3.22)
MySQL version: (5.1.68-cll)
Host: (Rochen)
Admin Tools version: (Reported behavior under 2.4.4, but just loaded 2.5.2)

Description of my issue:

Hello Nicholas,

In the AT Plug-in, I set Maximum security exceptions log entries to "200". The log was quite large at the time I entered a value in the plug-in, so I gave the server time to purge entries down to 200 (10 screens). Upon reaching 200 entires, the log appeared frozen in time and the emails informing me that an IP had been blocked, stopped coming. Yesterday I replaced "200" with "0," log entries and IP blocking email notifications resumed.

I've manually reduced the number of log entries to 100 and will now re-enter "200" in max log entries in the plug-in, to see if the log builds up to 200 and then begins purging older entries, while continuing to run. At least, that is what I expected it to do. I'll let you know what happens in a day.

Regards, -- Dave/Legal.com

Hi Nicholas,

Sorry if I missed seeing that this is a known issue. I wasn't able to find anything posted about it. In the interim, my test ran successfully. When I reduced the log entries below 200, then set 200 as the max value, the log counted up to 200 and has remained there. WAF is working, including sending periodic emails letting me know that another IP address has been blocked. More subjectively, the 2-3 spam posts per week in our forum have stopped, since resumption of security exceptions logging (with http:bl enabled in the WAF). In summary, behavior under AT 2.5.2 WAF appears correct to me, as long as you start with less than the desired number of log entries, when entering a value to limit the number of log entries.

Regards, -- Dave