protect from DoS/Brute-Force attacks by installing and configuring Apache’s mod_evasive in Gentoo, Debian, CentOS, Arch Linux and Ubuntu

**MOJRM-511** الجمعة مايو 17, 2013 11:56 am

=> Installation on Debian / Ubuntu

The installation of mod_evasive in a Debian / Ubuntu based VPS is identical. Before we go any steps further with the installation, make sure you have an up-to date system by issuing:

# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade --show-upgraded

Next, install Apache’s module mod_evasive by executing:

# apt-get install libapache2-mod-evasive -y
Once the installation is finished, execute the following commands to configure Apache to use mod_evasive module:

# nano /etc/apatche2/conf.d/mod_evasive.conf
<IfModule mod_evasive20.c>
DOSHashTableSize 3097
DOSPageCount 5
DOSSiteCount 50
DOSPageInterval 1
DOSSiteInterval 1
DOSBlockingPeriod 60
DOSEmailNotify your@email.com
DOSLogDir /var/log/apache2/evasive
</IfModule>

# chown www-data: -R /var/log/apache2/
# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart