Drawback:
Joomla 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:
Once the plugin is installed there are few manual steps which needs to be followed to make the plugin work:
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:
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.
Change Log:
1.0: Initial Version 1.0.1:
Fix for J1.5 Native
1.0.2(30-Aug-08):
Fix for J1.5 params (Thanks to Christer)
1.0.3(15-Sep-08):
Fix for J1.5 call to admin login page using index2.php, please update your copy of jSecure Authentication.
1.0.4(26-Sep-08):
Fix for J1.5 to use proper custom tag and fixed a php error.
1.0.5(16-Oct-08):
Fixed redirection issue.
1.0.6(23-Dec-08):
Fixed security bug. Updated the readme file.
1.0.7(21-Mar-09):
Fixed the code for redirection.
1.0.8(02-Jun-09):
Fixed the case sensitivity check.
1.0.9(10-Jun-09):
Fixed warning message.
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.