{"id":1886,"date":"2015-03-12T07:22:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T07:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=1886"},"modified":"2021-02-17T11:21:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T11:21:50","slug":"configuring-mod_security-2-on-linux-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/configuring-mod_security-2-on-linux-server\/","title":{"rendered":"CONFIGURE MOD_SECURITY 2 ON LINUX SERVER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"entry-title\">ModSecurity is a web application firewall program that is capable of doing either embedded or as a reverse proxy servers. It provides protection from a wide range of attacks against web applications and allows for HTTP traffic monitoring, logging and real-time analysis.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\">[wpfmb type=&#8217;info&#8217; theme=2]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you want to disable Mod-Security, you can check our article on<\/span> <a title=\"Disable mod security for a single domain in cPanel:\" href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/disable-mod-security-for-a-single-domain-in-cpanel\/\">Disable mod security for a single domain in cPanel<\/a>[\/wpfmb]<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>Do the following\u00a0steps in order to install mod_security on your server.<\/p>\n<p>Login to the server as<strong> root<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Go to directory <strong>\/etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">cd \/etc<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Download the respective file\u00a0<strong>modsec2_rules.tar.gz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lets uncompress the file.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cpanel-files\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">tar -xzvf modsec2_rules.tar.gz<\/pre>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p>Edit the<strong> modsec2.conf<\/strong> file.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cpanel-files\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">vi \/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/modsec2.conf<\/pre>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p>Now copy and paste following rules in your modsec2.conf file.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cpanel-files\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">&lt;IfModule mod_security2.c&gt;\r\nSecRuleEngine On\r\n# \u201cAdd the rules that will do exactly the same as the directives\u201d\r\n# SecFilterCheckURLEncoding On\r\n# SecFilterForceByteRange 0 255\r\nSecAuditEngine RelevantOnly\r\nSecAuditLog logs\/modsec_audit.log\r\nSecDebugLog logs\/modsec_debug_log\r\nSecDebugLogLevel 0\r\nSecDefaultAction \u201cphase:2,deny,log,status:406?\r\nSecRule REMOTE_ADDR \u201c^127.0.0.1$\u201d nolog,allow\r\nInclude \u201c\/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/modsec2.user.conf\u201d\r\n\r\nSecServerSignature \u201cRules Powered By HyperOIS.com\u201d\r\n\r\n#First, add in your exclusion rules:\r\n#These MUST come first!\r\nInclude \/etc\/modsecurity\/exclude.conf\r\n\r\n#Application protection rules\r\nInclude \/etc\/modsecurity\/rules.conf\r\n\r\n#Just in Time Patches for Vulnerable Applications\r\nInclude \/etc\/modsecurity\/jitp.conf\r\n\r\n#Comment spam rules\r\nInclude \/etc\/modsecurity\/blacklist.conf\r\n\r\n#Bad hosts, bad proxies and other bad players\r\nInclude \/etc\/modsecurity\/blacklist2.conf\r\n\r\n#Bad clients, known bogus useragents and other signs of malware\r\nInclude \/etc\/modsecurity\/useragents.conf\r\n\r\n#Known bad software, rootkits and other malware\r\nInclude \/etc\/modsecurity\/rootkits.conf\r\n\r\n#Additional rules for Apache 2.x ONLY! 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