Re: [ANNOUNCE] mod_security 1.5 released

["r e m a l . c o m" <admin () remal com>]

hi, the features are wonderful...
i installed the mod on one of the web servers, before the installion the
load avrg was 1 to 2
after installing mod_security, the load went crazy to something like 40 to
60 !


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ivan Ristic
To: webappsec () securityfocus com
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 10:53 PM
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] mod_security 1.5 released


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