Written by: Tim Davis Created: 09 July 2018 Published: 10 July 2018 Last Updated: 24 January 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

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"Two Factor Authentication, also known as 2FA, two step verification or TFA (as an acronym), is an extra layer of security that is known as "multi factor authentication" that requires not only a password and username but also something that only, and only, that user has on them, i.e. a piece of information only they should know or have immediately to hand - such as a physical token. - https://www.securenvoy.com/two-factor....

Two Factor Authentication is available for #Joomla using Google Authenticator or YubiKey, but it must be enabled in Joomla for users to take advantage of that. How to enable Two Factor Authentication for Joomla users who want to use one of those 2FA methods when logging in is what today's #maintenancemonday is all about.

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 02 July 2018 Published: 03 July 2018 Last Updated: 24 January 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

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Since #Joomla 3.8.8, the setting for the core "Mail To Friend" sharing tool has been set to "Hide" in new Joomla installs. While still performing its function, it could easily be used by spammers to send out unwanted emails. You can still use this tool on your site, but in a day of multitudinous social media platforms, sharing by page addresses by email is well off trend and not very effective anyway. How to set the core "Mail To Friend" sharing tool to "Hide" is what today's #maintenancemonday is all about.

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 25 June 2018 Published: 26 June 2018 Last Updated: 24 January 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

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Since #Joomla 3.8.8, uploading flash files (swf files) and allowing the "flash" (application/x-shockwave-flash) mime type for uploading have been removed from the default settings of new Joomla installs. Allowing these 2 things is a security concern if there is not first a proper review of their contents and programming. How to remove flash file extensions and mime type from the allowed methods of uploading is what today's #maintenancemonday is all about.

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 18 June 2018 Published: 19 June 2018 Last Updated: 24 January 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

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Since #Joomla 3.8.8, the “Send Password” option in the User Manager will no longer be enabled by default on new Joomla installs. Up until Joomla 3.8.8, this setting in the "on" position would include a plain text display of a new user's password in the registration email received after creating a new account.

If your site was created with Joomla version 3.8.7 or prior, and you have not set this setting to "no" you should consider doing so. How to change the "Send Password" setting to "no" is what today's #maintenancemonday is all about.