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What is ModSecurity?
ModSecurity is a web application firewall that protects websites against threats such as SQL injections, malicious code, and session hijacking.
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ModSecurity (Web Application Firewall - WAF) is a web server level firewall application containing standard rules (CRS - Core Rule Set). This application, together with its rules, protects the website against:
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- Malicious external scripts/codes
- User-Agent, harmful to your site, generally used by bots
- SQL injections, malicious code injections into the database
- Trojans and viruses
- Session takeover.
- Many other types of exploits.