Brutforce

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  • January 30, 2019 at 7:33 pm #466257

    Ron
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    I have 2 Websites tha5 keep going down because of xmlrpc bruteforcing:

    Urbandinguide.com
    Running geotheme

    Urbanbarguide.com
    Running GeoDirectory

    Hosting Company suggested using a security plugin or:

    Blocking xmlrpc vs .htaccess is a just a rewrite.

    —

    ErrorDocument 403 https://localhost
    order deny,allow
    # You can use allow from rules here for any ips you wish to have access to this
    deny from all

    —

    Easily placed and set.

    As long as nothing requires xmlrpc.php for usage.

    What are your suggestions on this ?

    Sites going down every half hour

    January 30, 2019 at 9:15 pm #466271

    Alex Rollin
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    GD doesn’t use xmlrpc, so, no problem there.

    Some members have had success with 3rd party security plugins, but we don’t recommend any of them in particular.

    Ones mentioned in the past include

    Wordfences
    Securi

    Or a WP Search https://www.google.com/search?&q=wordpress+best+brute+force+security+xmlrpc

    January 30, 2019 at 11:02 pm #466297

    Ron
    Full Member
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    So I can go ahead and block that ?

    What is the best practice for that ? Should I do it through a plug-in ?

    Thanks

    January 30, 2019 at 11:04 pm #466299

    Alex Rollin
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    Post count: 27815

    GD doesn’t need it, but we don’t have any plugin features for blocking it.

    A fullstack developer should be able to help you with that:
    https://geodirectoryexperts.com/experts/full-stack/

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