Unique IP Access restrictions clarification

Hi,

I’m taking a look at Unique IP Access restrictions and I just want to clarify some stuff:

“A single Username, Access Link, and/or Entry Point … is only valid for a certain number of unique IP addresses. Once that limit is reached, s2Member assumes there has been a security breach. At that time, s2Member will place a temporary ban ( preventing access ) to a Specific Post/Page, or to an account associated with a particular Username.”

I’d like to understand exactly when one or another will happen.

Say for example, a certain username access different pages from multiple ips above the limit I’ve set (5 as default), then the whole username will be temporarily banned. Is that it?

And if for example he tries to access the same page from multiple ips, then only that page will have its access restricted? Is that also correct?

Third and final question: do I get a notification when this happens so I can keep an eye on who perhaps is trying to share their username?

Thanks a bunch!

Right, the restriction is applied to the authentication they’re using: account’s username or Specific Page access link.

No, there’s no notification for this yet. You could probably hack the restriction so it emails you. s2member\includes\classes\register-in.inc.php

I hope that helps. :)

Well it did help in a way, but I have no idea whatsoever what to edit to have that functionality :(

Any easy copy and paste solution I could use? Or some reference guide?

• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by  Bruno.

Hi Bruno,

This hack would be more than a simply copy/paste. If you’re not comfortable with PHP and the WordPress internals, you may want to post a job on jobs.wordpress.net.

AH it’s alright then. I really didn’t know and thought that perhaps there was some easy fix

No worries ;)

Thx!