I recently found that some users could not access this site due to what seemed to be ‘false positive’ matches in the mod_security rule base. In this particular instance the rule was one for ‘backdoor’ or ‘trojan’ access attempts. For now, I disable the rule (or set it to log only) and I decide to Continue reading →
Hmm, imagine this – The C-HACK! of 2009 Update (2/7/2010) – it will be interesting to see ‘the facts’ for this event – A post by Bruce Schneier (1/23/2010) on the CNN web provides some additional thoughts, i.e. Are we doing this to ourselves? (Do our national policies increase the chances that these types of Continue reading →
GEO Blocking network access – blocking specific IP blocks (GEO-blocking – do you really need those connections from Asia?) CAVEAT: The flow of packets through your system is fairly complex – I am limiting this discussion and I encourage you to RTM as well as the tutorial referenced in below… There are a number of Continue reading →
