Title: IP blocked by Security Module
Last modified: February 28, 2019

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# IP blocked by Security Module

 *  [jpmolin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpmolin/)
 * (@jpmolin)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocked-by-security-module/)
 * With the module Security of TML v7.x, the IP public adress of the internet box
   is lockout : all stations using the same box are blocked (i.e all members of 
   family). I think it is not a good solution!
    With TML v6.x only the ID_user is
   blocked (with meta is_locked=1). Il is better
 * A option perhaps ? IP or ID ?
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Farthing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jfarthing84/)
 * (@jfarthing84)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocked-by-security-module/#post-11263871)
 * It is done this way to protect the security of all users, rather than just the
   one being targeted. If an attacker has a list of names, and we only lockout on
   a user-by-user basis, they can keep attacking another user. By IP, this is not
   the case.

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ip-blocked-by-security-module/#post-11263871)
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