title: Protect Apache Against Brute Force or DDoS Attacks Using Mod_Security and Mod_evasive Modules date: 2020-08-28 00:20:10 categories: [web server] tags: [apache]
mod_security (an open source intrusion detection and prevention engine for web applications that integrates seamlessly with the web server) and mod_evasive are two very important tools that can be used to protect a web server against brute force or (D)DoS attacks.