Just in case I take too much time to deliver a ready to use download, duration 5 minutes, but you need to understand basic php coding Create a temporary directory c:\patch Copy an existing patch distribution, under a new name For example, lets download Joomla_1.5.13-Stable-Full_Packa...
Only for SecurityImages 5.1.x and Joomla! 1.5.13 Allow login views, login modules, register, lost password, lost user account and contact section to be protected by SecurityImages Are for Joomla! 1.5.13 only and SecurityImages 5.1.x or later 14 files has been altered, mostly views...
Only for SecurityImages 5.1.x and Joomla! 1.5.12 Allow login views, login modules, register, lost password, lost user account and contact section to be protected by SecurityImages Are for Joomla! 1.5.12 only and SecurityImages 5.1.x or later 14 files has been altered, mostly views...
This version should improve installations on some host, where the plugin securityimages.php did not always install properly. The reason behind is that I did add falsely an additional file index.html in plugin.zip. This may lead to permissions issues during installation. SecurityImages 5.1.2 do no...
The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.11 Since Joomla 1.5.11 is released...Here are the new patches for SecurityImages 5.1.1 AND Joomla! 1.5.11 Allow login views, login modules, register, lost password, lost user account and contact sectio...
The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.10 Since Joomla 1.5.10 is released...Here are the new patches for SecurityImages 5.1.1 Allow login views, login modules, register, lost password, lost user account and contact section to be prote...
Following the Preview of SecurityImages 5.2.0, I am currently developing a proof of concept using the Ajax library JQUERY jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQue...
Some people have reported issue in the forum I've found the error in my code in some views but not all: img src="/<?php echo JURI :: root() ?>/index.php? as a result, there is in image URL a double / which cause issues on some web host (no image displayed) I now provide a...
The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.9 Since Joomla 1.5.9 is released...Here are the new patches for SecurityImages 5.1.0 Allow login views, login modules, register, lost password, lost user account and contact section to be pro...
An insight at securityimages 5.2.0 still in development, as usual, all comments are welcome either in this post or in my forum NEW: fonts are now auto detected, and a better widget is now available for selecting them, sorry still no font preview in php ;-) You can install your own true type ...
- Component - Module - Plugin This is an intermediate release before the new version 5.2.0 It solved the following major issues in version 5.1.0 BUG: logs table were not properly deleted after removing the component BU...
Many users have reported issues in my forums, it is currently not possible to install SecurityImages 5.1.0 in the latest version of Joomla! 1.5.8 I already test the following locally in my developer environment A previous version of SecurityImages 5.0.0RC1 is properly installing in Joom...
The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.8 Since Joomla 1.5.8 is released...Here are the new patches for SecurityImages 5.1.0 Allow login views, login modules, register, lost password, lost user account and contact section to be ...
This new release will allow you to set a different captcha per section, as seen in screen shot below: This new release will also have a focus on making installations easier, by adding supplementary checks in the page "Check Your System" by patching/un-patching Joomla! sections withou...
Starting with SecurityImages 5.1.0, the system plugin is now part of the component, it is installed and published automatically when you install my component. It is also remove automatically when you remove the component. See list of changes HERE Upgrade path Joomla! 1.5 N...
I also see a lot of complains on forums (also here) about lack of documentation, this should be now also a thing of the past: the WIKI was put in good use, I did write a lot of entries on how to install, configure SecurityImages 5 1 Presentation 1.1 See it in action 1.2...
- Component - Module - Plugin The focus on this release is to make the install more easier, as it is one major source of complains. I did also set up new release management tools so you should never search again for a file on my homepage... Component NEW: plugin is now part of the compon...
TO BE RELEASE SOON in no more than 2 days Dear Users... it is time to complain even more in my forums ;-) I may put some of your requested features as well in that release :-) The focus on this release is to make the install more easier, as it is one major source of complains... Look at the ...
The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.7 [Wovusani]. This is a security release and contains a number of bug fixes, improvements as well as security fixes. It is strongly recommended that users immediately upgrade. It has been nearly four we...
Someone has reported in my forum that the latest VirtueMart is not working with SecurityImages 5.x (see thread here) VirtueMart is an Open Source E-Commerce solution (a Component or Plug-in) for the Joomla! and Mambo Content Management Systems. It can be run as a Shopping Cart, or in Cata...
The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.6 [Vusani]. This is a quick turnaround security release to address a high level security issue and it is recommended all users upgrade immediately. For more information about this exploit, click...
The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.5 [Mamni]. This is a quick turnaround release to address the Duplicate Title error from 1.5.4 . This release also contains important SEF URL improvements and fixes for com_content in addition to a num...
The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.4 [Naiki]. This is a normal maintenance release which includes a few low to moderate security issues, many bug fixes, and several very nice improvements. It has been a little over ten weeks since...
JArtForms seems to have issue with SecurityImages, as seen in my forum here, so here are the patched versions working with SecurityImages 5.0. ArtForms2.1b7.1-for-J1.5-RC1-Update-Only.zip is clearly developed for SecurityImages 4.X.X (Joomla 1.0.X) and not for SecurityImages 5.X.X (J...
Some people are now using MXcomment 1.0.7 in Joomla! 1.5 (Legacy mode is required). Unfortunately MXcomment code is only able to support securityimages 4.X After 15 minutes, it is now supporting securityimages 5.X and 4.X at the same time since it detect in which version of Joomla!, and wh...
Maintenance release BUG: reported by webharvest, dependent on the switch off for logged in user. The problem is only the image and enter box disappear the following text is still present: Enter what you see: *. Code is now inherited from version SecurityImages 5.0.0 BUG: Solved thanks to u...
Thanks to the feedback from my forum, I am happy to offer you SecurityImages 5.0.0RC1, which I hope is now bug free. A big documenting effort is now starting in my WIKI (wiki.waltercedric.com) in the new section http://wiki.waltercedric.com/index...
The Joomla! community is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.3 [Vahi]. This release is earlier than scheduled in order to correct a database name validation error introduced in 1.5.2. It has been a month since Joomla! 1.5.2 was released on March 2...
I've done my homework today, in order to insured the release quality and avoid manual testing of SecurityImages at every release, I release Selenium testcases so anybody/ any developer can run them against their homepage. Prerequisites Extract this zip file in a new...
Security images are dynamically generated images containing hard to read text, it is using a combination of font colors, font size, fuzzy background, font angle in order to disallow computer to automate reading (and so limit spamming). The user (a human) has...
SecurityImages 5.X is only running with Joomla! 1.5 and the redesign of API has introduced some incompatibilities. Developers/Hackers/Individuals who want to use the latest version of SecurityImages may want to read the following. Basic PHP knowledge is recommended. Architecture SecurityI...
Since Joomla 1.5.2 is released...Here are the new patches for SecurityImages 5.0.0 Allow login views, login modules, register, lost password, lost user account and contact section to be protected by SecurityImages Are for Joomla! 1.5.1 only and SecurityImages 5.0.0Beta2 14 files h...
I always dislike doing this (changing core file of Joomla!) but here they ARE... If any core developer of Joomla! read this, can't we look together to have more event hook (in views, more in controller) in Joomla! core? Patches: Allow login views, login modules, register, lost password, los...
From a design point of view, SecurityImages do not come anymore with patches in his code, every 3rd party developer will have to develop and learn how to use SecurityImages 5.0. But coupling is greatly reduce because it use Joomla! events triggering system. Joomla! patches are different, I have t...
The beta is finally HERE! You'll have to install the component: com_securityimages5.0.0beta.zip AND the system plugin plugin_system_securityimages5.0.zip Don't forget to publish the component and the plugin! If everything goes right, by going to the menu "Check Your System", you'll see: ...
Beta to be released before end of week! NEW: No HTML warning, XHTML compliant NEW: GPL v3 The FSF Compliance Lab has published A Quick Guide to GPLv3, a developer-friendly article explaining the new features and benefits of GPLv3. Be sure to check it out. NEW: full trans...
The 22 february 2008 also marks an incremental bug fixing and security update for Joomla! 1.0 series software." [..] Joomla 1.0.15 is out! These are original Joomla 1.0.15 files modified to support com_SecurityImages 4.x ONLY: Use SecurityImages in contact section Use SecurityImages...
SecurityImages BETA will be available in no more than 2 days... Note that SecurityImages is still WAY to intrusive toward Joomla! as core file has to be changed in order to use Captcha. Lets take the contact section of Joomla! as an example. Download the patch HERE (soon availab...
I did not see that I was using a feature only available in PHP5 while coding the class administrator/components/com_securityimages/classSecurityimagesSession.php (Singleton holding database connections) And this PHP5 and was looking at how the database connection is done in Joomla! 1.5. I am provi...
I am getting a lot of email on that topic... Securityimages 4.3.0 is working with Joomla! 1.0.15 and all previous version of Joomla! 1.0.x ONLY Patches I've made for Joomla! 1.0.14 (patching Joomla! framework for login, register, lost email, administrator login) are also working for Joomla! 1.0....
The CAPTCHA security system that Yahoo, and many other email service providers adopt to prevent spam, may not be secure, according to Russian security researchers. The researchers claim to have found a way in which the security system can be compromised. This would result in a huge increase in spam ...
With the list of new functionalities below... NEW: No more data save in SESSION storage, I have to go that path since Joomla! 1.5 use a more complex session scheme than Joomla! 1.0.X and create issue with my component and/or I create Joomla! session issues :-) All files imageGenerator.php can ...
More than 4 years since the first version of securityimages, SecurityImages for JOOMLA! 1.5 will be out soon NEW: full translation now possible of static pages about.html, developer.html and troubles.html NEW: migration to Joomla! 1.5 API, security, database factory, logging...
The 10 february 2008 also marks an incremental bug fixing and security update for Joomla! 1.0 series software." [..] Joomla 1.0.14 is out! These are original Joomla 1.0.14 files modified to support com_securityimages 4.x ONLY: Use securityimages in contact section Use securityimages i...
To solve any problems with securityimages and the admin sessions (bug in Joomla 1.0.13), it avoid you being kicked out of admin every other link. You'll have to upload these files with FTP/SCp and overwrite existing Joomla! 1.0.13 files! BUG: Patches for...
Some words about Joomla! 1.5 and my components Securityimages 5.0 I have translated blindly Securityimages 4.2.3 from Joomla! 1.X to Joomla! 1.5 just by making it work, so the install work and minimal change are done. This has the following advantages: Migra...
securityimages 4.2.3 NEW Italian translation by Carlo Dalle Molle NEW: Translation SecurityImages into Russian by pittpv NEW: Translation SecurityImages into Slovak. Michal Gejdoš (michalgejdos@azet.sk) BUG: if PHP GD library can not ouput gi...
Thanks to jaylenong in my forums, a security concern in securityimages 4.2.1 has been found and corrected. It is recommended to use SecurityInmages 4.2.2, download it HERE
>>I would like to know if there will be soon a release to use security Images with joomla 1.5. I have already tried to install Security Images 4.2.1 in joomla 1.5 with no luck. I have a version in queue, but the biggest quest...
Visit my download section to grab the latest version of securityimages 4.2.1 NEW/BUG Better compatibility of session handling with SMF Bridge/FacileForms NEW: Dutch translations courtesy of Henk von Pickartz, aka Boswachter - http://boswachter.free.fr BUG: links to downloadable Joomla patches chang...
BUG: links to downloadable Joomla patches change from Joomla Forge to www.waltercedric.com NEW: a new plugin watercap NEW: possibility to remove the backlink to this site in admin panel. BUG: akocomment switch for activating securityimage was the same as akobook switch Following has been done to r...
The 21 July 2007 also marks an incremental bug fixing and security update for Joomla! 1.0 series software." [..] Joomla 1.0.13 is out! These are original Joomla 1.0.13 files modified to support com_securityimages 4.x ONLY: Use securityimages in contact section Use securityimages in login...
Do You want to have reCAPTCHA in the new securityimages? Go to POLL now "To archive human knowledge and to make information more accessible to the world, multiple projects are currently digitizing physical books that were written before the computer age. The book pages are being pho...
New beta version of securityimages 4.2.0 beta NEW: Better troubleshooting section with some entries copied from the forum NEW:: A new plugin calculator which propose a simple challenge to user: resolve a simple addition NEW: freecap, hncaptcha, calculator are also now creating logs fi...
I've been in contact with Soeren, the author of Virtuemart VirtueMart is an Open Source E-Commerce solution to be used together with a Content Management System (CMS) called Joomla! (but also works with Mambo). Joomla and VirtueMart are written in PHP and made for easy use in a PHP / MySQL enviro...
Securityimages patches for Joomla! 1.0.12 can e found in my download section! Scenario of installation New Joomla! install Install Joomla_1.0.12-Stable-Full_Package.zip from www.joomla.org You are using Joomla! 1.0.11 First upgrade to Joomla! 1.0.12 using Joomla_1.0.11_to_1.0.12-Stable-Patch_Pack...
Why updating? If You want to use more than one Captcha in a page. If You want Captcha in the administrator page. If Your old version 3.0.8 or 4.0.1 do not work as expected If you use any version < 3.0.4 which has a serious vulnerability injection. NEW: Captcha can now be used&n...
Use only this version, it replace the buggy release 4.0.0. it has all the promise o the 4.0.0, with less bugs :-) Note, You will have to download the component com_securityimages4.0.1.zip AND replace Joomla! core file with the patch JoomlaPatches1.0.11-v1.0.2.zip Files are in my downloa...
Securityimages 4.0.0 release "enhanced Security " This version is now running with: PHP.ini safe mode ON Joomla RG Global Emulation O PHP.ini register global = Off Bugs solved: artf4021: php safe mode & com_securityimages artf1411: Save setting button ch...
I am back online...my notebook crashed last week and was promptly replaced by Hewlett Packard and the new hard disk died one day after being renewed...and as usual, a lot of backup (powerquest v2i protector), but I was not able to restore them, as it seems that my disk was silently dying since...
These files are from the 1.0.11 Joomla distributions plus all changes required to support securityimages in com_contact com_login com_registration Please Note: 1. this is a FTP patch! 2. There is now way to deactivate securityimages in com_contact (other than deactivating securityimages ...
The webmaster of janwiersma.com sent me an email today at 6:12AM , his server was hacked because of a bug in securityimages. This bug allows a remote atacker to execute commands via remote forceful include and execute function on your server and affect ALL version of securityimages <...
Someone write me an email: Do you have anywhere people can chat about com_securityimages? I want to use it but because I use Community Builder 1.0, there's nothing I can do to use it without direct support for CB. I'm hoping there's some place I can discuss this, maybe others have worked aro...
One way to crack CAPTCHA is to offer a free porn site which requires that the user key in the solution to a captcha -- which has been inlined from my site for example -- before he can gain access. Free porn images or video attract a lot of users around the clock and in many coun...
I've getting now many emails and bugs reports about security images 3.0.4. After looking closely at the source code and trying to reproduce those problems, I finally found the bug. In fact this component is now a victim of its success, using it everywhere has also revealed a serious desi...
Maintenance releases BUG: captha combo box is now Joomla, Mambo CSS aware class="inputbox" BUG: affecting array of font was not working and lead to a corrupt array in plugin core 1.1 BUG: HNCAPTCHA O, o I and i and 1 impossible to read... This is not due to the random Text Generator...
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I started writing a new plugin for Smugmug galleries, and after 30 minutes of coding, here are some results! If you add this in an article at any place, even multiple times a line like you’ll...
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Really worth reading if you are experiencing Agile Scrum development. I do think AGILE and SCRUM has its place. It is just that I believe this place is running projects under 5 people and delivery...
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I forgot to blog about this presentation at JAZOON 2008, but I did never forget the added value of this plugin. It is not currently in Apache Maven core but will for sure find its way as an official...
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Apple iOS 4.1 is live for Iphone 4, 3GS, IPod Touch 2G and 3G, time to jailbreak :-) Jailbreak Download and install the latest version of iTunes 10 Use CYDIA AptBackUp to also save your...
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I started writing a new plugin for Smugmug galleries, and after 30 minutes of coding, here are some results!
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