If you want to prevent access on a specific URL, do the following: Click here and enter the URL path you want to block under the Block URL Paths section. Select Block to block the URL path once you have typed it into the box. With that, visitors...
A good way to block unwanted visitors to your site is by blocking specific user-agents. By blocking their User Agents, you will stop any traffic that contains the specified name in the user agent field. A “user agent” is a software agent that is...
A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in a user’s web browser while the user is browsing that website. Every time the user loads the website, the browser sends the cookie back to the server to notify the website of the...
To provide an additional layer of security, Sucuri Firewall users can enable Protected Pages. Protected Pages restrict access to specific pages on your website and can also serve as an additional authentication layer for administrative panels. You...
Sucuri allows you to block unwanted visitors to your site based on where they come from or based on its referer. HTTP referer (originally a misspelling of referrer) is an HTTP header field that identifies the address of the webpage that is linked to...
If you receive a Sucuri Access Denied message, such as the one below, when visiting pages on your site, you can allow the URL in the Sucuri Firewall settings to avoid the blocks for all users. Allowing a URL should be your last resort. It is only...
Blocking the top three attack countries The majority of website attacks come from specific countries: China, Russia and Turkey. Although we have nothing against those countries, the Sucuri Firewall gives you the option of blocking them from...
When an application malfunctions, crashes, or delays, you may see the following message: The image depicts a 502 error in which case the Sucuri WAF cannot get a response from the site’s hosting server. To resolve this issue, please read...
If you try to allow an IP address and receive an “IP is not valid” message, please find the possible reasons below. The IP address you are trying to allow is either a local IP address (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12 or 192.168.0.0/16)...
If you use vBulletin and you are unable to login to your forum even with the correct credentials and you end up getting: You have used up your failed login quota! Please wait 15 minutes before trying again. The solution is simple. This happens...