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Web Application Firewall
LiteSpeed Web Server offers excellent ModSecurity compatibility, allowing sophisticated rules for filtering out attacking requests by checking for known attack signatures. LSWS has built-in WAF security features to block bad connections. LiteSpeed also works well with popular mod_security rules set such as Owasp, Atomicorp, Comodo and CloudLinux Imunify360. LiteSpeed works well with other firewalls such as ConfigServer Security & Firewall (csf) etc.
LSWS's built-in WAF security features
| Mitigating HTTP-level DDoS Attacks | How to mitigate DDoS attacks with LSWS's security features |
| Advanced Anti-DDos Setup Service | LiteSpeed can set it up for you. Learn how it works and what it entails. |
| WordPress Protection built-in to LSWS | How LSWS built-in feature WordPress Brute Force Protection works? |
| Block xmlrpc.php bot attack | How to block bot attack to xmlrpc.php? |
LSWS works well with common WAF Mod_security rule sets
As mentioned previously, LSWS supports most of the mod_security rules commonly used. Since Apache and LiteSpeed may have different rule sets, please make sure to download the appropriate set for each web server. The following will explain the detailed steps for configuring rule sets to use with LSWS.
LSWS with a control panel
LSWS with cPanel
| Install and configure Comodo WAF | How to install and configure Comodo mod_security rules to work with LiteSpeed on cPanel |
| ModSecurity Vendors | How to use cPanel's ModSecurity Vendors feature with LSWS |
| Imunify360 | Hosting Control Panels Specific Settings |
LSWS without a control panel
| Install and configure Comodo WAF | How to install and configure Comodo mod_security rules to work with Standalone LiteSpeed Web Server |
| OWASP mod_security rule set | How to use OWASP mod_security rules with LiteSpeed Web Server |
| Atomicorp WAF | How to use Atomicorp mod_security rules with LiteSpeed Web Server |
Mod Security compatibility
| mod_security Compatibility | LSWS is compatible with most common mod_security rules |
Mod Security FAQ for LSWS
| LSWS mod_security FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions about Mod Security on LSWS |