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#31800 403 Forbidden Error for country-based blocking

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Latest post by on Thursday, 24 October 2019 17:17 CDT

Tuesday, 24 September 2019 06:38 CDT

rokkhit
Hi,
This is a discussion/feature request for the Geological Blocking feature of AdminTools.
Currently, when a country is blocked using this feature, anyone accessing the site from that country sees a 403 Forbidden Error page. Showing this page is logically right as the site is forbidden to the user, but not very aesthetically appealing.
I wold like a page for this event, where the site administrator can display their own custom messages like:

We do not yet ship to your region

OR

This service is not available at your region

ETC.

Please let me know about your thoughts.

Best Regards,
Rokkhit.

Tuesday, 24 September 2019 11:26 CDT

nicholas
All options in the Web Application Firewall section of Admin Tools control when and how Admin Tools will issue a security exception. All security exceptions and IP blocks are handled identically to make the attacker's life harder.

What you are asking for is essentially a different kind of extension, something like a GeoIP redirection plugin. This is out of scope for Admin Tools as it's not a security feature. Moreover, there are already Joomla plugins and modules implementing this and similar features.

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!

Thursday, 24 October 2019 17:17 CDT

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Edited by on 2019-10-24 17:17 CDT

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