ModSecurity is a powerful firewall for Apache web servers that's employed to prevent attacks toward web apps. It monitors the HTTP traffic to a given Internet site in real time and blocks any intrusion attempts the instant it discovers them. The firewall uses a set of rules to accomplish that - as an example, trying to log in to a script administrator area unsuccessfully many times activates one rule, sending a request to execute a particular file that could result in accessing the Internet site triggers a different rule, and so on. ModSecurity is one of the best firewalls around and it will protect even scripts that aren't updated on a regular basis since it can prevent attackers from employing known exploits and security holes. Very detailed information about each and every intrusion attempt is recorded and the logs the firewall keeps are far more detailed than the regular logs created by the Apache server, so you can later analyze them and determine whether you need to take extra measures in order to improve the safety of your script-driven Internet sites.
ModSecurity in Website Hosting
ModSecurity comes standard with all website hosting plans which we offer and it will be activated automatically for any domain or subdomain you add/create within your Hepsia hosting CP. The firewall has 3 different modes, so you'll be able to activate and disable it with just a mouse click or set it to detection mode, so it shall keep a log of all attacks, but it will not do anything to prevent them. The log for each of your websites shall feature comprehensive information including the nature of the attack, where it originated from, what action was taken by ModSecurity, and so forth. The firewall rules which we use are regularly updated and incorporate both commercial ones we get from a third-party security business and custom ones that our system administrators include in the event that they detect a new type of attacks. This way, the websites that you host here will be much more protected without any action expected on your end.