items tagged with securityimage5

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 available as a ready to use patch) and overwrite file on your server OR
• Do it on your own, this is more for 3rd party developer, or people wanting to understand the internal of Joomla! or SecurityImages

 
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 (Joomla 1.5.X)

The JArtForms component is a package for an easy From Generator for Joomla 1.0.xx.
It allows you to generate as much Forms as you like, you can define all fields
that you need and also make file upload and attachment possible.
The idea of the JArtForms is to give a tool that is enabling you to create a
dynamic forms in minutes within your Joomla! CMS.
The key features are:

• Possibility for create an unlimited amount of forms with unlimited fields and contents.
• Possibility to edit component's CSS, language, settings and update easy from old versions.
• Optional you can save all received forms in database.
• Custom Lay-out for every field.
• View received forms in Front End.
• Joomla's SEF support and added sh404sef support.
• Joomfish support.
• Newsletter Bridge (only Letterman for now).
• Database Backups and easy updates from previous versions.
• Captcha support with optional systems for every form (Alikon Mod, CaptchaForm,
  CaptchaTalk, reCaptcha, Alikon Mambot, SecurityImages and EasyCaptcha).
• Language and Captcha audio support for spanish, english, german, hungarian,
  dutch, turkish, brazilian portuguese, french, italian and polish (polish without audio files).
• And much more!

I wont maintain nor make any new versions of JArtForms. Please contact the authors and ask them to
patch their code, or with the next version my code will suddenly break...

For Joomla 1.5, either download

• JArtForms 2.1b7.1 update for SecurityImages 5 OR
• JArtForms 2.1b7.1 for SecurityImages 5

For hacker, all you have to do is use the version  ArtForms2.1b7.1-for-J1.5-RC1-Update-Only.zip and follow
the tutorial below

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, 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 has been altered, mostly views, and com_contact/com_user controller, click on picture below for more details
  
• Download file Joomla_1.5.1-Stable-Full_PackageForSecurityImages5.0.0.zip (33kB) and overwrite file on your server

Report all bugs in the forums in the new section

Below are some screen shots of the BETA2 in Joomla! 1.5 in action

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 weeks since
Joomla 1.5.6 was released on August 12, 2008. The Development Working Group's goal is to continue
to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.

Since Joomla 1.5.7 is released...Here are the new patches for SecurityImages 5.0.0 Download Details

• Allow login views, login modules, register, lost password, lost user account and contact section to be
  protected by SecurityImages
• Are for Joomla! 1.5.7 only and SecurityImages 5.0.0Beta3 or later
• 14 files has been altered, mostly views, and com_contact/com_user controller, click on picture below
  for more details
• Download file Joomla_1.5.7-Stable-Full_PackageForSecurityImages5.0.0_v01.00.00.zip (33kB) and
  overwrite file on your server
• Go to Joomla! control panel and HIT at least SAVE config once, this will add a new boolean value
  (true or false) in Joomla! configuration for using SecurityImages.

The version manager page has been updated as well, enjoy ;-)

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

SecurityImages 4.0.X

• Only work with Joomla! 1.0.X
• Provide 2 files that 3rd party code must include:
• client.php in order to quickly create a captcha and the input box
• server.php in order to validate user entries and check correctness
• Everything is packed in one component.
• Patches for common 3rd party tool are included in code so it ca be referenced by external extensions :
  akobook, akocomment, joomla to name a few.
• You have to overwrite Joomla! files to add protection of form for login, register, lost password, contact

SecurityImages 5.0.X

• Only work with Joomla! 1.5.X
• Use the event handling mechanism of Joomla! 1.5 to  create captcha and check correctness
• You'll have to install a system content plugin and a component,
• it do not contains any patches anymore
• You have to overwrite Joomla! files to add protection of form for login, register, lost password, contact

Main differences in securityImages 5.X

1. There is no client.php and server.php file anymore
2. API are a lot simpler, and dependency are reduced (no PHP code to include) as it use events.
3. More object oriented
4. Image creation is done inside the Joomla! framework while in 4.0.X it was done without any Joomla!
   framework support.