ModSecurity
Find out what ModSecurity is, how it functions and just what it does so as to protect your web sites and apps.
ModSecurity is a potent web application layer firewall for Apache web servers. It monitors the entire HTTP traffic to a website without affecting its operation and if it detects an intrusion attempt, it prevents it. The firewall also maintains a more thorough log for the traffic than any web server does, so you'll manage to keep track of what is happening with your sites better than if you rely only on standard logs. ModSecurity works with security rules based on which it prevents attacks. For instance, it recognizes if anyone is trying to log in to the administration area of a specific script a number of times or if a request is sent to execute a file with a certain command. In these instances these attempts set off the corresponding rules and the firewall software hinders the attempts in real time, and then records in-depth details about them inside its logs. ModSecurity is one of the most effective software firewalls on the market and it can easily protect your web applications against a large number of threats and vulnerabilities, especially in case you don’t update them or their plugins regularly.
ModSecurity in Website Hosting
ModSecurity is available on all website hosting web servers, so when you decide to host your websites with our company, they shall be protected against a wide range of attacks. The firewall is turned on by default for all domains and subdomains, so there shall be nothing you'll have to do on your end. You'll be able to stop ModSecurity for any Internet site if needed, or to switch on a detection mode, so that all activity will be recorded, but the firewall won't take any real action. You'll be able to view detailed logs through your Hepsia CP including the IP address where the attack originated from, what the attacker wished to do and how ModSecurity dealt with the threat. Since we take the safety of our clients' sites seriously, we employ a set of commercial rules which we take from one of the top firms that maintain this type of rules. Our administrators also add custom rules to ensure that your websites will be shielded from as many risks as possible.