I you have an apache server which you only use GET and POST methods I think it is better that you limit the access. Since there are many methods it is more convinient to use the opposite functions, limitExcept. Bellow is an example how it would look like. The limitExcept directive allows only GET and [...]
Bad thing has hapened to me this holliday. The server has been attacked from serveral ips or more precis they used my server as proxy for attacking other targets. Lucky for me that my server is not configured for this kind of attacks. However, they kept request my server and I wanted that apache would [...]
Enable ssl
In my case it was simple. I just ran this line
a2enmod ssl
Generate self-signed ssl certificate
Solution: http://www.akadia.com/services/ssh_test_certificate.html
Just follow instruction carefully. Make sure that i step 2 you need to enter a correct “Common Name”, ie your domain. Step 5 and 6 also different for different distributions and installation …
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