Title: fopen required?
Last modified: June 26, 2021

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# fopen required?

 *  Resolved [weblink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weblink/)
 * (@weblink)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fopen-required/)
 * I was excited to find this plugin to block bad robots. But now I see in my error
   log that fopen is required. A security plugin that requires fopen? I learned 
   that that is a security risk in itself?
    >>>failed to open stream: no suitable
   wrapper could be found >>>https:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration
   by allow_url_fopen=0

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 *  Plugin Support [amanbv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amanbv/)
 * (@amanbv)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fopen-required/#post-14631636)
 * Hey!
 * Thank you for your email.
 * We need to use fopen for syncing and doing configurations on your site and then
   run extensive scanning on our servers. Without fopen, we won’t be able to provide
   security because we would not be able to sync the website data to our servers.
 * We can assure you that fopen is using only in authenticated requests. We have
   a symmetric authentication system in place which makes sure that only our servers
   can communicate with our plugin.
 * Regards,
    Aman Kedia
 *  Thread Starter [weblink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weblink/)
 * (@weblink)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fopen-required/#post-14632218)
 * Thank you for your response. If I enable fopen, it is available to everyone, 
   not only to your plugin. I am not a security expert but whatever I read about
   fopen is not to enable it because of the risks. Your nonchalant response surprises
   me – a lot. I have used your malware removal service in the past and I was extremely
   pleased with the service. However, this discussion makes me wonder.
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by [weblink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weblink/).

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fopen-required/#post-14632218)
 * Status: resolved