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[ANNOUNCE] mod_security 1.5 released
From: Ivan Ristic <ivanr () webkreator com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 20:53:25 +0100
Mod_security 1.5 has been released. It is immediately available for download from: http://www.modsecurity.org/download/ This is a major release, containing significant new functionality. The most important changes are: Apache 2.x compatibility, new web site, and comprehensive manual. About mod_security ------------------ Mod_security is an Apache module whose purpose is to protect vulnerable applications and reject human or automated attacks. It is an open source intrusion detection and prevention system for Apache. In addition to request filtering, it also creates Web application audit logs. Requests are filtered using regular expressions. Some of the things possible are: * Apply filters against any part of the request (URI, headers, either GET or POST) * Apply filters against individual parameters * Reject SQL injection attacks * Reject Cross site scripting attacks With few general rules mod_security can protect from both known and unknown vulnerabilities. Changes (v1.5) -------------- * Apache 2.x compatibility * Added SecFilterInheritance * Added SecFilterByteRange * Added SecFilterCheckURLEncoding * A few bug fixes * New web site @ www.modsecurity.org * Comprehensive manual
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