[TOOL] Apache mod_evasive - Evasive Maneuvers for Apache

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Apache mod_evasive - Evasive Maneuvers for Apache
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SUMMARY



DETAILS

mod_evasive is an evasive maneuvers module for Apache to provide evasive
action in the event of an HTTP DoS or DDoS attack or brute force attack.
It is also designed to be a detection and network management tool, and can
be easily configured to talk to ipchains, firewalls, routers, and
etcetera. mod_evasive presently reports abuses via email and syslog
facilities.

Detection is performed by creating an internal dynamic hash table of IP
Addresses and URIs, and denying any single IP address from any of the
following:
* Requesting the same page more than a few times per second
* Making more than 50 concurrent requests on the same child per second
* Making any requests while temporarily blacklisted (on a blocking list)

This method has worked well in both single-server script attacks as well
as distributed attacks, but just like other evasive tools, is only as
useful to the point of bandwidth and processor consumption (e.g. the
amount of bandwidth and processor required to receive/process/respond to
invalid requests), which is why it's a good idea to integrate this with
your firewalls and routers for maximum protection.

This module instantiates for each listener individually, and therefore has
a built-in cleanup mechanism and scaling capabilities. Because of this
per-child design, legitimate requests are never compromised (even from
proxies and NAT addresses) but only scripted attacks. Even a user
repeatedly clicking on 'reload' should not be affected unless they do it
maliciously. mod_evasive is fully tweakable through the Apache
configuration file, easy to incorporate into your web server, and easy to
use.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by Jonathan A. Zdziarski.
To keep updated with the tool visit the project's homepage at:
<http://www.zdziarski.com/projects/mod_evasive/>
http://www.zdziarski.com/projects/mod_evasive/



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