Please note that our documentation is being reviewed due to the release of DMC Firewall for WordPress. The following documentation was written for Joomla! so some of the information will not apply to DMC Firewall for WordPress.

DMC Firewall Change log

DMC Firewall version 1.4.2 Core and Pro (June 17th)

  • JavaScript issue within the Health Checker

DMC Firewall version 1.4.1 Core and Pro (June 15th)

  • Issue using 'Akeeba Strapper' would cause a Fatal Error if F0F wasn't installed as a library
  • Compatibility issue with Nginx Web Server

DMC Firewall version 1.4.0 Core and Pro (April 15th)

  • Support for Joomla! 2.5 dropped
  • Support for Zeus, LiteSpeed and Nginx Web Servers
  • [CORE|PRO] Additional Bad Bots added
  • Icons changed in administrator area
  • 'View Attack Log Summary' changed to 'Attack Log'
  • Language string changes
  • Layout changes
  • Compatibility issue with PHP 7
  • Scheduled Report CLI fix (Joomla! 3.5+)
  • Security issue relating to 'backup.htaccess' and 'backup.web.config' files that were located in the root of website - read more here

DMC Firewall version 1.3 Core and Pro (April 30th)

  • A Log entry is now added when an email is sent relating to DMC Content Sniffer
  • Integration with the Joomla Update Manager (Joomla! 2.5.19+ and Joomla 3.2.2+)
  • You can now set a message that will be displayed when some one gets banned (initial ban)
  • You can now Whitelist multiple IP addresses so they won't get banned
  • You can now receive 'all emails except errors'
  • Better error reporting for any errors that arise
  • Better protection to the 'blocking' system so there is less chance that your '.htaccess' file becomes corrupt
  • [PRO] Additional 'bad bots' added
  • You can now set the 'bad terms' that Content Sniffer will look for in content
  • Fixed an issue with 'Change Table Prefix' in Joomla! 3.3
  • Fixed an issue where the Configuration wouldn't save if 'mod_security' was installed on the server - Thanks Milan
  • Fixed an issue where Scheduled Email Reports were sent every time someone was banned - Thanks MJ
  • Fixed an issue with pagination in Joomla! 3.x
  • The Scheduled Report would always be sent to the email address specified within Global Config and not the override email address within DMC Firewall
  • DMC Content Sniffer now tells you what 'bad term' was found on the page along with the number of times it was found
  • Duplicate code removal

DMC Firewall Core and Pro (April 7th)

  • Support for Joomla 3.1 has ended.

DMC Firewall version 1.2.2 Pro (released February 5th)

  • This release fixes a compatibility issue with the Joomla 3.2.1 Authentication method.

DMC Firewall version 1.2.1 Core and Pro (released December 2nd)

  • Compatibility issue relating to DMC Content Sniffer and third party extensions thanks T J Dixon Ltd

DMC Firewall version 1.2 Core and Pro (released November 25th)

  • Support for Joomla 3.0 has ended.

DMC Firewall version 1.2 (released November 11th)

  • Compatibility with Joomla 3.2
  • You can now add/remove common hacker 'terms' that DMC Firewall will block or allow
  • You can now add/remove common SQL Injection 'terms' that DMC Firewall will block or allow
  • You can now set what emails to receive from DMC Firewall when someone is banned - thanks @jacob_dixon
  • You now receive an email when an update is available
  • You can now allow comments within your website without users being banned
  • Full compliance with the Joomla Extension Directory [Core and Pro]
  • [PRO] You are now able to password protect the 'administrator' area of your website
  • You are now able to view a 'run down' of what DMC Firewall has blocked in the last week
  • DMC Firewall Statistics Module now displays 4 icons for ease of use (update status, configuration, attack summary, global configuration)
  • DMC Firewall Statistics Module now displays the 'Attack Summary' information
  • Additional words added to 'DMC Content Sniffer'
  • [PRO] Additional 'bad bots' added
  • [CORE] A number of 'bad bots' are now included within the CORE release
  • You can now configure what information is displayed within the 'Statistics Module'
  • Scheduled Reporting has been added, this sends a breakdown of what's been banned in the last x days
  • [PRO] Error relating to 'Unable to load view' when you tried to change the default Super Admin ID
  • Improvements to the 'Bad Bot' detection
  • Edits to your '.htaccess' file after using Akeeba's Admin Tools 'Htaccess Maker' - thanks dpottier
  • Content Sniffer now obeys the 'Email Override' setting with DMC Firewall Configuration
  • [PRO] Better log details for Failed Login attempts
  • The 'Take a backup' button now pops-up instead of taking you directly to the Akeeba backup control panel
  • Language string fixes (spellings) - thanks @TJDixonLimited - @jacob_dixon - dpottier
  • [PRO] The centralised server now stores bad username and password combinations
  • HTML mark-up corrected within 'Content Sniffer'
  • Language string fixes (wrong language strings loading)
  • Issue when you had Akeeba Backup installed but disabled - the 'back up' icon would be displayed but would return a blank page once clicked
  • Fixed display issue within the error email that gets sent out when an error occurs
  • Emails are now sent with JMailer instead of PHP's mail within 'plg_dmcfirewall'
  • 'Bad Content Settings' have moved to a new tab titled 'Security Settings' with additional settings
  • Better reporting with regards to SQL Injection attempts

DMC Firewall version 1.1 (Core release only)

  • Issue which would result in a bad attempt (hack/SQL injection) would only forbid the attempt and not ban the IP address of the attacker

DMC Firewall version 1.0

  • Released 2nd March