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Hardening Apache

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Hardening Apache

Tony Mobily (Paperback) Apress 2004-05-17


Price: $29.99


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  1. An excellent book filling a huge gap
    Understanding how to configure Apache from a security standpoint properly is not easy since the related information is sparse and fragmented. This could be the reason why many web administrators are pretty clueless when it comes to Apache security and why so many web servers are vulnerable.In...
  2. Accumulation of Apache security knowledge in one book
    Apache is still by far the most common web server on the Internet. However, when the purpose of your computer is to allow access to your webpages by anyone on the Internet security needs to be a primary concern. If you are serious about hardening your Apache server you will want to have this...

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10 Tips to Secure Your Apache Web Server on UNIX / Linux

by Ramesh Natarajan

1. Disable unnecessary modules

If you are planning to install apache from source, you must disable the following modules. If you do it. / Configure-help, you will see all available modules that you can enable / disable.

UserDir - Mapping of user-specific directory requests. ie ~ username URLs are translated into a directory on the server AUTOINDEX - directory listing displays when no index.HTML file is present - to view server statistics env - Clearing / setting of ENV vars SetEnvIf - Placing on the ENV Vars CGI headers - CGI script action - Action to negotiate activation requests - alias Content negotiation - Mapping of the parts request of different file systems include - Server Side Includes filter - Smart filtering version required - Manage the version information in the configuration file using IfVersion as they are - as they are file types

Disable all modules above as shown here when you do....

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