ModSecurity is a plugin for Apache web servers which functions as a web application layer firewall. It's employed to prevent attacks toward script-driven websites through the use of security rules which contain certain expressions. This way, the firewall can stop hacking and spamming attempts and preserve even websites that are not updated frequently. As an example, several failed login attempts to a script admin area or attempts to execute a particular file with the objective to get access to the script shall trigger specific rules, so ModSecurity shall block out these activities the second it detects them. The firewall is very efficient because it monitors the whole HTTP traffic to an Internet site in real time without slowing it down, so it could prevent an attack before any harm is done. It additionally maintains an incredibly thorough log of all attack attempts which features more information than standard Apache logs, so you could later examine the data and take further measures to boost the security of your websites if necessary.

ModSecurity in Shared Web Hosting

ModSecurity comes standard with all shared web hosting solutions that we supply and it'll be turned on automatically for any domain or subdomain that you add/create inside your Hepsia hosting CP. The firewall has 3 different modes, so you can activate and deactivate it with a mouse click or set it to detection mode, so it will maintain a log of all attacks, but it will not do anything to stop them. The log for any of your sites shall feature elaborate info which includes the nature of the attack, where it originated from, what action was taken by ModSecurity, etcetera. The firewall rules which we use are regularly updated and include both commercial ones we get from a third-party security firm and custom ones our system administrators add in the event that they detect a new sort of attacks. That way, the sites you host here shall be far more protected with no action required on your end.

ModSecurity in Dedicated Servers

All of our dedicated servers which are set up with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel come with ModSecurity, so any application you upload or set up shall be properly secured from the very beginning and you will not have to stress about common attacks or vulnerabilities. An individual section inside Hepsia will permit you to start or stop the firewall for each domain or subdomain, or turn on a detection mode so that it records information about intrusions, but does not take actions to prevent them. What you shall find in the logs can enable you to to secure your websites better - the IP address an attack originated from, what site was attacked and in what way, what ModSecurity rule was triggered, etc. With this data, you could see if an Internet site needs an update, if you ought to block IPs from accessing your hosting server, and so on. On top of the third-party commercial security rules for ModSecurity we use, our administrators include custom ones too if they discover a new threat which is not yet a part of the commercial bundle.