Mod-security is a security proxy for Apache. It adds a frontal layer filtering unwanted clients, malformed packets and malicious requests.

It is especially usefull if your website is dynamic, involving php, sql, javascript, etc. With such a complex environment, as you can never be sure that your website is not vulnerable or up-to-date enough, something like mod-security provides an interesting extra-security layer.
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JC :: Jul.13.2008 :: Admin, Security, Web :: No Comments »