If you haven’t, you can follow our How to Install ModSecurity with OpenLiteSpeed and DirectAdmin guide.īy default custombuild will use the nf file to enable and configure ModSecurity with OpenLitespeed. This guide assumes you have already installed ModSecurity.
Rebuild the ModSecurity rules and apply them to all websites hosted on the server. In this guide, we will show you how to add and enable custom ModSecurity rules with OpenLitespeed and DirectAdmin. The ultimate goal for the attack is too find an exploitable vulnerability in your server or software to hack your website or server. This could be attacks against WordPress core files such as wp-login.php or admin-ajax.php, known vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins such as the recent File Manager which is currently installed on 600,000+ websites and documented by the WordFence Security Team or against system files such as the. ModSecurity works in the background and will check every request against the various rules in the Core Rule Set to filter out any malicious requests. This simply means that the process you are trying to complete has been prevented from being actioned as you do not have the required permissions to access this process.
The most common ModSecurity rule triggered on a server is the 403 Forbidden error. DirectAdmin is able to use ModSecurity Core Rule Sets (CRS) provided by OWASP and Comodo and can be easily installed using custombuild. The rules based engine uses a Core Rule Set (CRS) which provides protection against cross website scripting,īad user agents, SQL injection, trojans, session hijacking and more. The ModSecurity module is configured by applying a flexible rules based engine that can perform multiple simple and complex operations. The ModSecurity WAF increases the protection level applied to your server by detecting and preventing attacks before they reach web-based software programs. When ModSecurity is used with OpenLiteSpeed it will improve the security of your server by applying a Web Application Firewall (WAF).
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