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#9715 Bad ID of user check test

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Latest post by nicholas on Friday, 10 December 2010 11:14 CST

Friday, 10 December 2010 03:52 CST

user17877
I used Akeeba Tool Pro latest beta/aplha - for test, and I saw that even I change ID of Super Administrator to 63 , and user with ID 62 I gave very low ACL, Akeeba still said to me
You are using the default Super Administrator account (ID = 62) which can seriously compromise your site's security. Please click the button below to change your Super Administrator account's ID and deactivate the old one.


But I'm logged us I user with ID 63, so ?

Friday, 10 December 2010 11:14 CST

nicholas
The check is correct, the text is slightly misleading. First, let me explain my rationale. Having user 63 as a Super Administrator is equally unsafe to using 62. 63 is the second ID a hacker would try, because most people do what you just did: installed the site, created a new user, made him Super Admin and demoted user 62.

Admin Tools checks if you have a Super Administrator account with a user ID of 61 or less. Since you normally have no access to those IDs, hackers don't bother with them. The warning text may be a bit misleading, but a. is applicable to the majority of sites and b. your site setup is still not very secure.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

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