RSFirewall Configuration

The RSfirewall! Configuration panel is composed out of the following elements:

• RSFirewall! Access: Prevents unwanted access to your RSFirewall! installation by setting up a master password;
• Blacklist: Prevents unwanted access to your website, blocking the configured IP addresses;
• Backend Password: Prevents unwanted access to your Joomla administrator panel by adding a password. This tool also offers the possibility to add a so called "white list", meaning that certain users that use one of the pre-configured IPs do not require the extra password;
  

  Watch the video tutorial

  Ep.10 - How to add a Joomla! additional back-end password with RSFirewall!

• Backed Access Control: Allows you to gain more control over what your backend users can edit or manage by restricting which component a user can access;
• RSFirewall! System Check: Here you can find some some configurable options for the System Check:
  • Number of files/folders to check in a cycle: This is the number of files/folders to check in one cycle. If you set a higher value there's a good chance you will run out of memory and the System Check will not finish. Please use a lower value if you are experiencing issues. The default value is 300.
  • Ignore files and folders: During the System Check these folders and/or files will be ignored. Warning! If you select a folder, all its files and subfolders will be ignored as well.
• RSFirewall! Active Scanner: Provides a configuration tool for the RSFirewall! Active scanner which actively protects your Joomla! website, offering the following configurable options:
  • Enable/Disable Active Scanner
  • Protect against DoS attacks
  • Remove the generator meta tag from your template
  • Verify system variables for SQL injections
  • Skip the configured list of components when verifying for SQL injections
  • Verify system variables for PHP injections
  • Skip the configured list of components when verifying for PHP injections
  • Verify system variables for JS injections
  • Skip the configured list of components when verifying for Java Script injections
  • Verify if uploaded files have multiple extensions
  • Verify uploaded files for known malware patterns
  • Don't upload files with the configured list of extensions
  • Check core Joomla! files integrity
  • Monitor the configured list of files for changes
  • Protect the configured list of users from any changes
• RSFirewall! Logging utility: Logs any events that trigger RSFirewall! so that you can review them. The logging utility also offers the possibility to send out an email if a security event is recorded that has a security level higher then a preconfigured value (low, medium, high, critical).