Using Fail2Ban to secure your Elgg site

Fail2Ban is a simple, but powerful, open source intrusion detection and prevention system which can run on most POSIX compliant operating systems. It works by monitoring various system logs for signs of intrusion attempts (failed logins etc), and on finding them, executes a preconfigured action. Typically, this action is to block further access attempts from […]

Marcus Povey

Fail2Ban is a simple, but powerful, open source intrusion detection and prevention system which can run on most POSIX compliant operating systems. It works by monitoring various system logs for signs of intrusion attempts (failed logins etc), and on finding them, executes a preconfigured action. Typically, this action is to block further access attempts from […]

Elgg plugin roundup

Over the past few weeks and months I’ve had to cause to write, update and dust off a number of Elgg plugins that I’ve had kicking about. As a good open source citizen I’ve stuck them up on github so others can have a play. Here they are, in no particular order: » H5F 1.8 […]

Marcus Povey

Over the past few weeks and months I’ve had to cause to write, update and dust off a number of Elgg plugins that I’ve had kicking about. As a good open source citizen I’ve stuck them up on github so others can have a play. Here they are, in no particular order: » H5F 1.8 […]

HTML Emails for Elgg 1.8

HTML Mails is an Elgg plugin that lets notification emails be sent using HTML email templates. The original plugin was written by Condiminds but doesn’t seem to have been updated for Elgg 1.8, at least not that I could find. From the plugin notes: This plugin allows elgg to send notifications into html emails. This […]

Marcus Povey

HTML Mails is an Elgg plugin that lets notification emails be sent using HTML email templates. The original plugin was written by Condiminds but doesn’t seem to have been updated for Elgg 1.8, at least not that I could find. From the plugin notes: This plugin allows elgg to send notifications into html emails. This […]