Title: Cannot update security rules
Last modified: February 15, 2023

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# Cannot update security rules

 *  Resolved [Jason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jason6666h/)
 * (@jason6666h)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-security-rules/)
 * I have several websites on different servers and I have encountered the problem“
   Cannot download security rules: connection error.
 * Could you help me to see what the problem is?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-update-security-rules%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [nintechnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nintechnet/)
 * (@nintechnet)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-security-rules/#post-16474422)
 * If you go to “NinjaFirewall > Security Rules” and click the “Check for updates
   now” button, do you see any error ?
 *  Thread Starter [Jason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jason6666h/)
 * (@jason6666h)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-security-rules/#post-16475476)
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/a/NZzq9lo)
 * I don’t see the error when confirming the update, but in the error log in the
   dashboard, it shows “view error log” and when I click on it, it shows “[08/Feb/
   23:08:41:57 +0000] Cannot download security rules: connection error. Will try
   again later Will try again later. “
 *  Plugin Author [nintechnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nintechnet/)
 * (@nintechnet)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-security-rules/#post-16479342)
 * It looks fine, the firewall can connect to the remote site to download the security
   rules. 
   If the firewall can’t connect, it writes the incident to its error log.
   This can happen from time to time.

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 * Last reply from: [nintechnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nintechnet/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-security-rules/#post-16479342)
 * Status: resolved