=== tinyShield ===
Contributors: adamsewell
Donate link: https://tinyshield.me
Tags: security, blacklist, brute force, bruteforce
Requires at least: 4.8
Tested up to: 4.9.8
Stable tag: 0.1.2
Requires PHP: 5.2.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

tinyShield is a real time blacklist security plugin for WordPress. It aims to be an extra layer of security for your site.

== Description ==

tinyShield works in three parts, a whitelist, a blacklist, and a permanent whitelist. Both the whitelist and blacklist are rotating, as a visitor hits your website their IP address is compared to our ever evolving blacklist to see if they are known to be producing malicious traffic. If the visitor is determined to be a known malicious IP address, we add that to your blacklist. If not, we add it to your whitelist. An IP address on either of these two list will be rotated off in 24 hours, to be re-checked upon their next attempt to connect to the site. The permanent whitelist is up to you to populate. These are IP addresses that you know to be good. Upon activation, we automatically add the IP address that you activate the plugin from to ensure you're not locked out of the site. This list is never automatically purged but you can remove entries yourself.

== Installation ==

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/tinyShield` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
1. Register your site at tinyshield.me
1. Use the Settings->tinyShield screen to activate and configure the plugin

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How do I gain access to the service? =
tinyShield is made up of two components - the WordPress plugin and our servers. The plugin will not function correctly without registering with our site. There is no cost for the community version of our real time blacklist. https://tinyshield.me/signup

= What is crowd sourced security? =
Crowd sourced security, to us, means that each site that uses our plugin contributes back information that helps us identify new attackers so that all users can be more secure.

= How much does it cost? =

Currently, there is no charge for the community version of this service. There will be a premium version of the service in the future.

= What performance impact will this have on my site? =
In our testing, we have noticed no performance issues while using the plugin and if for some reason our servers are unreachable, the plugin will fail open. This means that if our servers are down for any reason, your site will continue to work and utilize the local cached lists.

= Is tinyShield compatible with other security plugins? =
There are no known conflicts with tinyShield and other security plugins. The goal of tinyShield is to take a very targeted approach to just real time blacklists. We strongly recommend you take other precautions along with us to protect your site.


== Changelog ==

= 0.1.2 =
* initial point release