Security: Admin IP Address Log and Compare

This product will add a security feature into your admincp. When you log into your admin account, your IP address will be logged. On the main admincp index page your current IP address along with the previously logged IP will be shown plus a compare status. This will allow you to check if anyone else has been logging into your account without you knowing, and therefore take the necessary precautions to avoid it happening again.

There is purposly no pruning feature inbuilt, to avoid the possiblity of an unauthorised user taking advantage of it. Of course if your config settings allow you to execute DB queries within your admincp, then unauthorised users could modify the logged ips. I suggest you turn it off by editing includes/config.php and making sure the setting below has no userid's

PHP Code:

$config['SpecialUsers']['canrunqueries'] = ''; 


You can install a seperate script to run queries eg "phpmyadmin"

Stats

Installation Time: 1 Minute
Added Queries: 1 on specified admin login, 1 on admincp homepage
One Off Queries: 1 on installation, 1 on uninstallation
Added DB Tables: 1
Added Phrases: 5
Added Settings: 1

Installation Instructions

1. Simply upload the product
2. Modify "Admin IP Address Checker Box" Setting in vBulletin Options
3. Click Install

To-Do List

Add Multiple admin support
Add dynamic IP support
Add IP Exceptions list


Screenshots are below

[Xenium]

Originally Posted by hotwheels

Thanks, i appreciate the update.........

No Problem

[Xenium]

Originally Posted by Caravan

Didn't work for me.

No matter what it never showed an IP address.

Well if you installed the product, the panel should show up in the admincp home page. You will need to log in and out of the admincp, then the logged IP address will show up.

[oberheimhaven]

BAM!! I knew it soon as I signed in it stated not same IP address thanks mate great hack Installed 3.5.4 no problem any suggestions on next step besides me changing my P word

[XFSImperial]

If I add additional userids to the options section, can this feature be extended to my other administrators?

[Xenium]

Originally Posted by oberheimhaven

BAM!! I knew it soon as I signed in it stated not same IP address thanks mate great hack Installed 3.5.4 no problem any suggestions on next step besides me changing my P word

Well that's not entirely true. You need to log out then back in again once in order for it to log your ip address. At the beginning itwill always say that IP's don't match because it hasnt logged an IP fom you yet.

[Xenium]

Originally Posted by XFSImperial

If I add additional userids to the options section, can this feature be extended to my other administrators?

I could extend it to work work with multiple admins. I might add this functionality at a later date.

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by Xenium

I could extend it to work work with multiple admins. I might add this functionality at a later date.

please do!
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[Xenium]

Originally Posted by Mike-D

Hmm I have the same problem while I'm Online on my board. But I do not have the problem when I use your Hack on my TestvB 'Local'. Kinda strange, right? Well, I did it several times: Login...LogOut...Login...Logout. Then I wait some min's and I restart it. I get always the same result and message, that my IP address does not match. Do you know what's wrong? Thank you for your time . You did a great job with your hack. I love it really -Mike

Try to log in and out a couple of times. If you still have the same problem, then look at the admin_ip_checker table in something like phpmyadmin and PM me a list of the entries.

Xenium

[Luke Brown256]

Hi was just wondering if this could be extended for all admins, that way it provides extra security
are there any plans to do so at a later date?

[Xenium]

Originally Posted by Luke Brown256

Hi was just wondering if this could be extended for all admins, that way it provides extra security
are there any plans to do so at a later date?

I will work on this very soon.