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• Is it standard practice to give the web user apache full read/write/execute privileges to the files and folders within the webroot?

  Asked by TekZombie : 09 January 2010 - 09:22 PM

  

  Answered by TekZombie : Jan 12 2010 06:42 PM
  The following URL provided the information I needed: https://httpd.apache....urity_tips.html In summary, the answer is no. Root should be the owner of the files/folders within your webroot. Then, Apa... full answer >

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  • security
  • apache
  • linux

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• How to display a standard header and footer on directory listings

  

  By Rich Bowen : 01 September 2009 - 03:25 PM

  If you want to display a header above and a footer below your directory listing, try the following: # Remove the standard HTML header, if desired IndexOptions +SuppressHTMLPreamble HeaderName /includ...

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  • directory
  • footer
  • header
  • apache
  • listing

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• How to distribute a load evenly between several servers

  

  By Rich Bowen : 01 September 2009 - 03:16 PM

  If you want to serve the same content from several servers and have hits distributed evenly among the servers, use DNS round-robin to have requests distributed evenly, or at least f...

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  • apache
  • load
  • DNS
  • round-robin
  • distribute

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• How to get a snapshot of your site's activity

  

  By Rich Bowen : 01 September 2009 - 03:10 PM

  If you want to find out exactly what your server is doing, enable the server-status handler to get a snapshot of what child processes are running and what each one is doing. Enable ...

  Tags:

  • apache
  • snapshot
  • mod_status
  • configure
  • status

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• How to benchmark Apache with ab

  

  By Rich Bowen : 01 September 2009 - 02:56 PM

  If you want to benchmark changes that you are making to verify that they are in fact making a difference in performance, use ab (Apache bench), which you will find in the bin ...

  Tags:

  • apache
  • ab
  • benchmark
  • testing

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• How to scure your proxy server

  

  By Rich Bowen : 01 September 2009 - 02:49 PM

  If you want to enable proxying, but you don’t want an open proxy that can be used by just anyone, try the following: For Apache 1.3: Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from ....

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  • apache
  • proxy
  • security

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• How to rebut DoS attacks with mod_evasive

  

  By Rich Bowen : 01 September 2009 - 11:13 AM

  If you want to protect your server from Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, obtain mod_evasive from https://www.zdziarski...ts/mod_evasive/ and use a configuration like the foll...

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  • apache
  • DoS
  • mod_evasive
  • attack
  • security

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• How to secure WebDAV

  

  By Rich Bowen : 01 September 2009 - 11:03 AM

  If you want to allow your users to upload and otherwise manage their Web documents with WebDAV but without exposing your server to any additional security risk, require authenticatio...

  Tags:

  • apache
  • WebDAV
  • secure
  • authentication
  • htaccess

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• How to lift restrictions selectively with Apache

  

  By Rich Bowen : 01 September 2009 - 09:52 AM

  If you want most documents to be restricted, such as requiring a username and password, but want a few to be available to the public. For example, you may want index.html to be publi...

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  • apache
  • restrictions
  • selective
  • password
  • htaccess

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• How to restrict images from being used off-site with Apache

  

  By Rich Bowen : 01 September 2009 - 09:37 AM

  If other sites are linking to images on your system, therefore stealing bandwidth from you and incidentally making it appear as though the images belong to them, you can remedy the i...

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  • apache
  • image
  • restrict
  • htaccess
  • 403

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