Why was the GEO block plugin removed? This is the main thing I want on admintools :(
#32253 Geo block . . . why?
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Latest post by nicholas on Sunday, 12 January 2020 00:54 CST
Saturday, 11 January 2020 08:01 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
I already explained everything here. Also, if that was the only thing you were using I'd like to note that your site was never secure to begin with.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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Sunday, 12 January 2020 00:27 CST
marvays
Hi Nicholas. NOt "only", but "first" thing! I like peace of mind from Chinese, American and Ukrainian bots.
Sunday, 12 January 2020 00:31 CST
marvays
On December 18th, 2019 MaxMind announced that even this free, partially accurate database would have to change both its licensing and its distribution model due to internaltional privacy legilsation such as EU's GDPR and California's CCPA.
fu EU!
Sunday, 12 January 2020 00:54 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
If you read my announcement VERY CAREFULLY you will see that both of your points are wrong:
1. GeoBlock does not stop bots which have a chance of actually hacking your site. Their owners will simply use a free VPN, proxy or a botnet. What you thought you were fighting? Bullshit. These were not bots, these were script kiddies bombarding your site with exploits about issues patched 7 years ago or even for software not installed on your site.
2. MaxMind CHANGED THE LICENSING OF THEIR FILE FOR EVERYONE ALL OVER THE WORLD, NOT JUST EUROPE. It is illegal for us to include it in the GeoIP plugin. Moreover, they removed the public download URL which makes it impossible to update it if it's already installed on your site (you'd have to do that manually).
In the end of the day I removed that feature because I could not no longer legally provide it and it wasn't all that important anyway. If you disagree with me I am not holding you against your will. You are free to cancel your subscription and use different software you think covers your needs better than ours. It's a free market.
1. GeoBlock does not stop bots which have a chance of actually hacking your site. Their owners will simply use a free VPN, proxy or a botnet. What you thought you were fighting? Bullshit. These were not bots, these were script kiddies bombarding your site with exploits about issues patched 7 years ago or even for software not installed on your site.
2. MaxMind CHANGED THE LICENSING OF THEIR FILE FOR EVERYONE ALL OVER THE WORLD, NOT JUST EUROPE. It is illegal for us to include it in the GeoIP plugin. Moreover, they removed the public download URL which makes it impossible to update it if it's already installed on your site (you'd have to do that manually).
In the end of the day I removed that feature because I could not no longer legally provide it and it wasn't all that important anyway. If you disagree with me I am not holding you against your will. You are free to cancel your subscription and use different software you think covers your needs better than ours. It's a free market.
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!