• Campbell McArthur

    (@marshall-s-thompson)


    Ok, I am a accomplished webmaster and programmer and I am the only one that touches my server and I do all of my own security primarily through .htaccess but I have decided to try wordfence due to it’s IP Logging abilities for site visitors.

    Now, I do realize that there is no malware or anything else wrong from a security stand point on my server but, shouldn’t a scan when I initiate it last more than 5 seconds? YES, IT ACTUALLY LASTS ONLY 5 SECONDS!

    Not only does the scan last but a brief 5 seconds but there is also nothing generated in the Scan Summary or the Scan detailed activity area either. this I do not find hard to believe seeing how very brief the scan lasts for!

    Anyone have any insight into this anomaly?

    I have referenced this article and others and checked what has been suggested as possibilities however, none of these instances which the documentation suggests actually apply to my situation! https://support.wordfence.com/support/solutions/articles/1000010338-my-scans-are-not-starting-what-should-i-do-

    Here is my website which is custom coded by me https://www.pcmedicsoncall.com/

    EDIT: I have found the culprit! Apparently due to the fact that I have a .htaccess file in my WP-ADMIN folder which allows only my IP ADDRESS for security reasons, it prevents the WORDFENCE scanner from running! I know that there is a server IP Range of 69.46.36.0 to 69.46.36.32. but…when I add the additional Allow line allow from 69.46.36.0/32 it still doesn’t want to scan. when I remove the .htaccess from wp-admin entirely the scanner works like a champ

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  • Thread Starter Campbell McArthur

    (@marshall-s-thompson)

    OK. This is for the developer, my name is Campbell, how do you do and it is nice to meet you!

    I have gotten to the bottom of the problem with the scanner running for 5 seconds and then stopping!

    If an .htaccess is in place in WP-Admin allowing only certain IP Addresses, attempting to add the WORDFENCE Server IP Range into the .htaccess using short hand such as this.. (allow from 69.46.36.0/32) does NOT work and the entire IP Range will be needed to be entered manually one IP Address at a time until the whole range has been added!

    @the Developer of WORDFENCE

    Could you please look into this and correct it so that short hand expression of the WordFence Server IP Range can be added like this ( allow from 69.46.36.0/32 )???

    EDIT: Despite the fact that the scanner now runs when the IP Range is put in place, when I run the scan, it does run and completes fine but, checking my Server ERROR LOG I get this at the exact same time I innitiate the scan with WORDFENCE .. error] [client 173.239.43.221] client denied by server configuration: /home/pcmedics/public_html/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

    What is that and why am I still getting an error on my server please?

    P.S….just so you know, I am using Site5 Web Hosting.

    Thank you,

    Cam

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