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3. Scope

Part of the More Security manual — see also 1. Introduction, 2. What's New, 4. Setup, 5. Usage, 6. Troubleshooting.

Reference only — see 4. Setup for how to configure each of these.

3.1 Assets, management & administration items

  • The Setup > General configuration screen gains a new "More Security" section for all of the above settings
  • The Central dashboard includes a new "More Security" dashboard with attack-trend cards
  • The admin menu gains a new Security log item for searching and auditing attempt history
  • User profiles gain a new permission that controls who can view the security log
  • Nothing else in GLPI is modified — all data the plugin needs lives in its own tables

3.2 Automatic actions

  • Monthly automatic update of the GeoIP database for geoblocking
  • Weekly automatic cleanup of old, resolved security-log entries

A scheduled task runs automatically (once a month) to download the latest DB-IP Lite database, keeping geoblocking country data current.

Another scheduled task runs automatically (roughly once a week, overnight) to clean up old, resolved entries from the security log, so the log doesn't grow forever. Only entries that are no longer blocking anyone are removed; anything still actively blocked — including a permanent block — is kept. How long an entry is kept before cleanup is configurable from Setup > Automatic actions.

Actually blocking and unblocking happens instantly when an attempt occurs — only the log cleanup and database updates run on a schedule.

See 4.2 Configuration.

3.3 Notifications

None — no emails are sent. A blocked user simply sees an error message on the login or password-reset page itself, right when they try again.

3.4 Rules

Not applicable — no GLPI rules engine integration.

3.5 Permissions

  • Changing the More Security settings requires the same permission as changing any other general GLPI setting — no separate right to manage.
  • Viewing the security log is controlled by its own dedicated permission, which can be given to specific profiles independently of other rights. This log is read-only for everyone: even a profile with full rights can view entries but never edit or delete them.
  • The trusted-network whitelist is configured alongside other settings in the More Security configuration tab, using the same permission as other general GLPI settings.

See 4.3 Permissions.

Generated for More Security 2.0.0 on GLPI 11.0.8 — 2026-08-24.

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