Security
Securing your hosting: SSL certificates, hardening and attack mitigation.
13 guides in this section.
Attack Mitigation
Section titled “Attack Mitigation”How to Block an IP Address Using an htaccess RuleThis guide shows you how to block one or more IP addresses from reaching a website using a rule in the site's...
How to Deploy the Noiz ModSecurity Rules on ISPConfigHow to deploy the Noiz custom ModSecurity rule set to a site on an ISPConfig server through the website's Apache...
How to Deploy the Noiz ModSecurity Rules on PleskHow to deploy the Noiz custom ModSecurity rule set to a Plesk server through the Web Application Firewall custom...
The Noiz ModSecurity Rule Set (Custom WAF Rules)What the Noiz custom ModSecurity rule set does, in plain language: the four-tier bot policy, the flood rules, and how...
Troubleshooting the Noiz ModSecurity Custom Rules on PleskWhat to check when a Noiz ModSecurity custom rule blocks a legitimate visitor, how to read the 403 and 429 responses,...
Why ModSecurity Collection Files Grow Without Limit, and How to Compact ThemModSecurity stores its rate-limiting counters in SDBM files that grow forever and never reclaim space. Learn how to...
Best Practices
Section titled “Best Practices”How to Disable Directory Browsing Using .htaccessDirectory browsing, also called directory listing or directory indexing, is the behaviour where a web server, finding...
How to Protect the htaccess FileYour .htaccess file often holds sensitive configuration: rewrite rules, access controls, references to password...
How to Restrict Access to Directories by IP AddressRestricting a directory to a short list of trusted IP addresses is one of the simplest and most effective ways to...
How to Generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) in cPanelA Certificate Signing Request (CSR) is the block of encoded text a Certificate Authority (CA) asks for when you buy...
How to Install an SSL Certificate on Your Domain Using AutoSSL in cPanelAutoSSL is the cPanel feature that issues and renews a free domain-validated SSL certificate for your domains...
How to Remove a CSR Code in cPanelA Certificate Signing Request (CSR) is a one-off block of encoded text you hand to a Certificate Authority (CA) when...
How to Retrieve a Saved CSR in cPanelIf you generated a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) in cPanel and then lost the copy you saved, you do not need to...