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Protecting Apache

mod_evasive can block possible DoS attacks. At the time of writing, no log or email is sent. I tested it with apachebench.

Installation
Obtain mod_evasive from http://www.zdziarski.com/projects/mod_evasive
For apache with DSO support, use the following commands to install

/usr/sbin/apxs -i -a -c mod_evasive20.c


Configuration
Add the following in httpd.conf:
<IfModule mod_evasive20.c>
	DOSHashTableSize    3097
	DOSPageCount        2 # num of request per page
	DOSSiteCount        50 # request per site per client
	DOSPageInterval     1 # 1 second
	DOSSiteInterval     1 # 1second
	DOSBlockingPeriod   10 # 10 seconds blocking period
	DOSEmailNotify         you@yourdomain.com
	DOSSystemCommand    "su - someuser -c '/sbin/... %s ...'"
	DOSLogDir           "/var/log/httpd"  
</IfModule>


SSHD settings

Referring to sshd_config's manual, one can use the followings to harden the sshd service

	 MaxAuthTries
			 Specifies the maximum number of authentication attempts permitted
			 per connection.  Once the number of failures reaches half this
			 value, additional failures are logged.  The default is 6.

	 MaxStartups
			 Specifies the maximum number of concurrent unauthenticated con-
			 nections to the SSH daemon.  Additional connections will be
			 dropped until authentication succeeds or the LoginGraceTime ex-
			 pires for a connection.  The default is 10.

			 Alternatively, random early drop can be enabled by specifying the
			 three colon separated values ``start:rate:full'' (e.g.
			 "10:30:60").  sshd(8) will refuse connection attempts with a
			 probability of ``rate/100'' (30%) if there are currently
			 ``start'' (10) unauthenticated connections.  The probability in-
			 creases linearly and all connection attempts are refused if the
			 number of unauthenticated connections reaches ``full'' (60).


Related Knowledge
ssh
SynFlood - http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1729


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