• Grab a VPS with at least 512MB of RAM (Recommendation: Hostripples or Hostdens.)
• Install CWP by following my previous guide.
• Perform some basic configuration tasks.

Setup Mod Security

ModSecurity is an open source, cross-platform web application firewall (WAF) module. Known as the “Swiss Army Knife” of WAFs, it enables web application defenders to gain visibility into HTTP(S) traffic and provides a power rules language and API to implement advanced protections.

list of the most important usage scenarios :

• Real-time application security monitoring and access control
• Virtual patching
• Full HTTP traffic logging
• Continuous passive security assessment
• Web application hardening
• Something small, yet very important to you

Find more details of Mod Security

Step 1 – Go to Security then Click on Mod Security menu:

Step 2 – By default this module is not installed. Click on Install Mod Security Tab .

Once you click on it you can see the below message :

Once its install you can see the message :

That’s it. Mod_security includes some necessary rules  by default. But however if you want to go advance, you can manually edit each configuration file and adjust the rules as per your requirement.

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