oomla has one drawback, any web user can easily know the site is created in Joomla! by typing the URL to access the administration area (i.e. www.site name.com/administration). This makes hackers hack the site easily once they crack id and password for Joomla!.
Information:
jSecure Authentication module prevents access to administration (back end) login page without appropriate access key.
Installation steps:
- Login to administration area
- Go to Installer -> select the plgSystemJSecure.zip file.
- Click on Install & upload.
Once the plugin is installed there are few manual steps which needs to be followed to make the plugin work:
- Login to Administration area
- Go To Plugins->System
- Click on System - jSecure Authentication link
- Enable the plugin and set the optional parameters specified below
- Save the plugin.
Default key to access login page is "jSecure".
Note: The key is case sensitive and can **ONLY** contain alphanumeric values. PLEASE dont use numeric values
How to Use :
http://www.site name/administrator/?keyname
keyname: key name is the key specified in the jSecure Authentication module.
Set the Parameters:
jSecure Authentication module provides following parameters:
Key: This is secure key which will be used to grant access to administration area.
Redirect Options: This parameter specifies what action to take if the key does not match. There are two choices:
- Redirect to index page: Redirect unauthorized user back to home page
- Custom Path: Provide relative path to custom page, for example 404 page not found.
For More information http://joomlaserviceprovider.com
Thanks to the team (Ajay Lulia, Bhavin Shah, Kamlesh Rewapati) for Developing the module and plugin.
Thanks to Sam Moffatt for converting Joomla! 1.0 module to a Joomla! 1.5 system plugin.
License: This is free software and you may redistribute it under the GPL. jSecure comes with absolutely no warranty. Use at your own risk. For details, see the license at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt Other licenses can be found in LICENSES folder.
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