I’m finishing my first website in Joomla, it has maybe 5 or 6 forms (register, login, search, newletter, …) and we also have comments on articles, a questions/answers section, tests section and a form to send sms.
I’d like to know according to your experience and knowledge if we should (must?) or not buy one of those security extensions like RSFirewall! or SecureLive Badges and Seals or any other. Is not enough protection using free extensions and following the advices/guides (php) provided in stackoverflow (or somewhere else) to protect joomla made websites ?
Thanks in advance for your help (and time)!
My opinion is no. As long as you’re smart and keep the software updated, those extensions don’t really add any practical value (In my experience anyway).
Follow sound principals, and stay vigilant and that’ll be worth more than any of these “tools” any day of the week.