Hi,
I'm trying to temporarily disable WAF. But when i try to save the settings the message "Invalid field: Permanently disallow IP after this many automatic blocks" appears
What can be the cause of this?
Regards,
Mark
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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 11 June 2024 01:58 CDT
Hi,
I'm trying to temporarily disable WAF. But when i try to save the settings the message "Invalid field: Permanently disallow IP after this many automatic blocks" appears
What can be the cause of this?
Regards,
Mark
FYI: the search field in your support tool doesn't appear. Or at least i can not find it. Only the search button is visible.
The search "button" is just a link to DuckDuckGo to search our site (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Aakeeba.com). The link opens in a new tab (target="_blank"). I assume you have a browser extension or configuration which prevents the new tab from showing up. Check your browser's location bar; there should be an icon allowing you to open the "pop-up window" that was blocked.
As for the message, it tells you to find the option named "Permanently disallow IP after this many automatic blocks" and check its value. Go to Components, Admin Tools for Joomla, Web Application Firewall, Configure WAF, Auto-ban tab. Set "Add persistent offenders to the IP Disallow List" to Yes. You will now see the "Permanently disallow IP after this many automatic blocks". Enter a value greater than zero in there (3 will do). Set "Add persistent offenders to the IP Disallow List" back to No. Click on Save & Close.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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Hi Nicholas,
i will check my browser.
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I have tried the steps you suggested to get rid of the message, but it doesnt work.Β
Any other suggestions?
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Kind regards,
Mark
If you get exactly the same error then you did not follow the steps correctly. If the error message (which comes from Joomla's own form validation code) mentions a different field than "Permanently disallow IP after this many automatic blocks" you can either look for that field yourself, or ask me where to find it.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
π¬π·Greek: native π¬π§English: excellent π«π·French: basic β’ π My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!
Hi Nicholas,
hereby the steps i did:
AdminTools for Joomla! > Control Panel
WAF
Configure WAF
Auto-ban
IP blocking of repeat offenders : enable
Block IP after this many blocked requests : set to 3
Add persistent offenders to the IP Disallow List : set to No
IP blocking of repeat offenders : disable
Save
As you can see the option-text aren't exaclty as what you describe, but i can not find those. And these opions seem to be the same.
The problem sill exists.
So if you want to take a look i can give you a login.
Regards,
Mark
I copied you the labels of the options from the Admin Tools interface. In other words, I was following the process on my dev site as I was going along. That said, I see that you are NOT changing the option I told you. You are changing a completely different option, which explains why you are not having success.
I am going to give step-by-step, detailed instructions:
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Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
π¬π·Greek: native π¬π§English: excellent π«π·French: basic β’ π My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!
Okay. I need a vacation i guess....
I totally missed the option. How could i mis it.Β
I changed the option and now the message is gone.
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Thanks for your patience!
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Kind regards,
Mark
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No worries! I'm glad we got that fixed :)
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
π¬π·Greek: native π¬π§English: excellent π«π·French: basic β’ π 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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