Allow or Deny IP Addresses on OpenLiteSpeed
Introduction vCanopy OpenLiteSpeed (OLS) offers a server-wide and per-site, IP allow/deny mechanism. This allows you to explicitly allow or deny access to a list of IP addresses and/or subnets to your virtual hosts (which in this context means each of your individual websites). Below we’ll look at how you use these configuration files on your […]
Using the vCanopy 7G Web Application Firewall on OpenLiteSpeed (OLS)
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Part 1. Enable the Firewall Part 2. The 7G WAF Logs Part 3. Enable/Disable 7G WAF Rulesets Part 4. Customizing the 7G WAF Ruleset Per Site Part 5. Creating Whitelist Rules Part 6. Creating Additional Deny Rules Introduction The vCanopy OpenLiteSpeed stack incorporates the 7G Web Application Firewall (the predecessor, 6G, […]
Additional Security Measure Whitelisting on OpenLiteSpeed (OLS)
Introduction While OpenLiteSpeed comes with a .htaccess file that supports Apache mod_rewrite rules, we recommend that you add your custom rewrite rules to the auto-generated rewrites.conf file located in: /var/www/site.url/ols/rewrites.conf Your custom rewrite rules take place before any of the vCanopy core rewrite rules are appended, and with this you can create whitelists for the […]
How to Block Bad Bots from Your Sites/Servers
Introduction Bad bot traffic can be a huge resource hog on your servers, and some are outright malicious. They offer no value to you or your clients, and can sometimes result such high resource usage that it becomes the equivalent of a DoS attack. Fortunately, if you’ve identified a bot (by it’s user agent) that’s […]
How to Reduce Eric Jones Spam (and all the other Contact Form Spam)
Introduction I think we can all agree that whoever Eric Jones is, he’s a huge PIA. And a genius, but mostly a PIA. Recently, one of my sites started getting relentlessly hammered with “Hey, my name’s Eric and for just a second, imagine this…“, as well as a bunch of other junk that landed straight […]
How to Stop WordPress Comment Spam Permanently (for FREE)
Introduction vCanopy comes with a handy security measure that can easily be activated for any sites where you don’t use WordPress comments. Chances are, this is the majority of your websites and you can easily block posting comments from being possible, automatically eliminating any potential spam. However, for those sites that do use comments, the […]