Administrative and Maintenance Tools - [DBTech] vBSecurity v2 (vB4)

vBSecurity: What is it?
vBSecurity keeps a watchful eye over your forum even when you are not there, and has the capability to alert you of any suspicious activity.

Uses

vBSecurity is the ideal product for forums that are concerned about security, or wish to be alerted when something suspicious happens.
It keeps a watchful eye on your configuration file, ensuring that it does not get modified by mods or plugins.
Another important feature is the ability to add a secondary login, unique to each administrator, that is required before accessing the AdminCP. Ideal for forums where multiple administrators may share login information, or where administrators may log in from public computers.
Add in quick settings for the most vital vBulletin Options and Usergroup password settings, vBSecurity can easily be called one of the most comprehensive security suites for your vBulletin forum.

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Major Features
Administrator Security: .htaccess-like logins for your administrators means that even if they use the same password on multiple sites, malicious users still need a fresh, unique password to log in.

Security Watchers: Keep an eye on the most important aspects of vBulletin: config.php tampering, AdminCP / User Account access attempts, vBulletin Options, User Data, Usergroup Settings and Usergroup Permissions.
Detailed changelogs available for each watcher dealing with changes.
IP Ban, User Ban, Email alerts and temporary forum closure options available for each watcher individually.

Lite
* Searchable list of all AdminCP access attempts
* Searchable list of all failed login attempts
* Searchable list of administrator changes for areas governed by the Security Watchers
* vBOption: IP Address whitelist for AdminCP access
* vBOption: Separate "Closed Reason" for closures that happened due to potential security breaches
* Quick setting page for the most important vBulletin Options security settings
* Quick setting page for the most important Usergroup security settings
* Security Watchers: General - config.php Variable Tampering, AdminCP Access Attempts
* Security Watchers: Logins - Failed Logons, Failed Mass Logons
* Security Watchers: vBOptions - vBulletin Active, Reason For Turning vBulletin Off, Banned Email Addresses, Banned IP Addresses, Use Login "Strikes" System, Whitelisted IP Addresses, Whitelisted IP Addresses - Exclude Super Administrators
* Security Watchers: User Data - User Name, Password, Email, Primary Usergroup, Additional Usergroups, Reputation Level, Warnings, Infractions, Infraction Points, Receive Admin Emails
* Security Watcher Actions: 2 thresholds with individual configuration options, IP Ban / User Ban / Email Webmaster / Close Forum options available for each Watcher option listed above. Some watcher options may not have all actions.

Pro
* Optional .htaccess-like login on a per-administrator basis
* Settings Snapshots - take a "snapshot" of how the vBulletin Options look at the time, instant restore by clicking Load on a previous snapshot
* Security Watchers: Usergroup - Password Expiry, Password History, every usergroup permission group, every "value" permission
* IP Guard: Administrator IP Address authorisation scheme (similar to Steam Guard) - Require email verification for new IP addresses to access the AdminCP, per-administrator disable

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[xxfullclipxx]

hey guys thanks for the great mods you guys do just a quick question say for some odd reason you white list an ip and it changes > how would you then access the acp ? since i am the only one that will access. i want to just have my ip allowed. but if my cable company for some reason switched my ip. what would i do ? would i lose all ability to get in ?

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by xxfullclipxx

hey guys, thanks for the great mods you guys do just a quick question say for some odd reason you white list an IP and it changes > how would you then access the acp ? Since I am the only one that will access. I want to just have my IP allowed. But if my cable company for some reason switched my IP. What would I do ? Would I lose all ability to get in?

Best to make yourself a superadmin and don't whitelist your IP if you are locked out you can disable plugins via config, but if that does not work you won't get back in

[xxfullclipxx]

what controls the ban there has to be a way to access phpmyadmin and just remove the banned ip. I was banned by strikes system playing with it

since its a fresh install new board its not a huge issue, But it would be nice to be able to do something if this ever happened again when the forum is live and has many users.

[woodmj]

Try removing your IP from setting/banip via PHPMyAdmin.

[xxfullclipxx]

yeah i tried that still same So its storing somewhere else as well

[woodmj]

Maybe try as ForceHSS suggested above and temporarily disable all hooks/plugins to get in and resolve things.

You can do this by inserting the line
define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);
after the line that reads
<?php
in /includes.config.php on your web server.

[xxfullclipxx]

that didnt work either. I just installed a fresh copy of the forum since it was just in the design stage so it wasn't a big deal. But it would be nice if the the creators could answer what you can do in case this happens.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by xxfullclipxx

yeah i tried that still same So its storing somewhere else as well

If you cant access your admincp pm me your site url and admin login I will remove your ip from the list. There is a way to unban yourself but unless you know how to giving me access is faster

[xxfullclipxx]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

If you cant access your admincp pm me your site url and admin login I will remove your ip from the list. There is a way to unban yourself but unless you know how to giving me access is faster

Thanks for the offer bud but i just ended up deleting that forum and just reinstalling it was a brand new instance so it wasnt anything major to lose

[DragonByte Tech]

vBSecurity v1.1.4 Patch Level 1

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the mod wasn't initialised in the ModCP

Fillip