README.md

Drupal Perimeter Defence

Basic perimeter defence for a Drupal site. This module bans the IPs who send suspicious requests to the site. The concept is: If you have no business here, go away.

Use the Perimeter module if you get a lot of requests to wp-admin or to .aspx urls on a Linux server, or other similar requests.

The module is optimized for performance and designed to be activated when a Drupal site is targeted by hackers or bots.

For a full description of the module, visit the project page.

Submit bug reports and feature suggestions, or track changes in the issue queue.

Table of contents

• Requirements
• Installation
• Configuration
• FAQ
• Maintainers

Requirements

This module requires no modules outside of Drupal core.

Installation

Install as you would normally install a contributed Drupal module. For further information, see Installing Drupal Modules.

Configuration

Install the module and check your site logs after a while. Use the Drupal core Ban module to manage banned IPs.

Note: Before testing this module from your own IP, make sure you can delete your IP from the ban_ip table in your Drupal site's database.

You can add new rules under /admin/config/system/perimeter by adding a new Regular Expression (RegEx) pattern on a separate line.

FAQ

Q: I got myself banned while testing, how do I unban my IP?

A: Remove your IP with Drush:

drush sql:query "DELETE FROM ban_ip WHERE ip='YOUR.OWN.IP.ADDR';