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Timestamp:
08/12/2009 08:19:22 AM (17 years ago)
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seoegghead
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First Release

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  • wordpress-firewall/trunk/readme.txt

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    1 WordPress Firewall v1.25
    2 SEO Egghead, Inc. (http://www.seoegghead.com)
    3 For more information, see http://www.seoegghead.com/software/downloads/wordpress-firewall.seo
     1=== Plugin Name ===
     2Contributors: seoegghead
     3Donate link: http://seoegghead.com/
     4Tags: security, firewall
     5Requires at least: 2.6.1
     6Tested up to: 2.8
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    58This WordPress plugin investigates web requests with simple WordPress-specific heuristics to identify and stop most obvious attacks. There exist a few powerful generic modules that do this; but they're not always installed on web servers, and difficult to configure.
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    7 It intelligently whitelists and blacklists pathological-looking phrases based on which field they appear within in a page request (unknown/numeric parameters vs. known post bodies, comment bodies, etc.). Its purpose is not to replace prompt and responsible upgrading, but rather to mitigate 0-day attacks and let bloggers sleep better at night. Its features include —
     10== Description ==
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     12This WordPress plugin investigates web requests with simple WordPress-specific heuristics to identify and stop most obvious attacks. There exist a few powerful generic modules that do this; but they're not always installed on web servers, and difficult to configure.
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     14It intelligently whitelists and blacklists pathological-looking phrases based on which field they appear within in a page request (unknown/numeric parameters vs. known post bodies, comment bodies, etc.). Its purpose is not to replace prompt and responsible upgrading, but rather to mitigate 0-day attacks and let bloggers sleep better at night.
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     16See:
     17[WordPress Firewall Info](http://www.seoegghead.com/software/wordpress-firewall.seo "WordPress Firewall Information") and
     18[WordPress Firewall Security Filters](http://www.seoegghead.com/software/wordpress-firewall-security-filters.seo "WordPress Firewall Security Filters") for more information.
     19
     20== Installation ==
     21
     221. Copy the contained program to "wordpress-firewall.php" within your "wp-content/plugins/" folder.
     23
     24== Frequently Asked Questions ==
     25
     26= What does this thing actually do? =
     27
     28Lots of stuff - here's the list:
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    930* Detect, intecept, and log suspicious-looking parameters — and prevent them compromising WordPress.
    … …  
    1940* Add whitelisted IPs.
    2041* Add additional whitelisted pages and/or fields within such pages to allow above to get through when desirable.
     42
     43== Screenshots ==
     44
     451. Screenshot 1 (screenshot-1.gif).
     462. Screenshot 2 (screenshot-2.gif).
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     48== Changelog ==
     49
     50= 1.25 =
     51* First release.
     52
     53= 0.5 =
     54* Unreleased.
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