Installing Mod_Antiloris To Mitigate Slowloris Dos Attack

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How To Install Mod_Antiloris?

1) Download the installer from sourceforge and install

a) cd /usr/local/src
b) wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/mod-antiloris/files/mod_antiloris-0.4.tar.bz2/download
c) tar -xvjf mod_antiloris-0.4.tar.bz2
d) cd mod_antiloris-*
e) apxs -a -i -c mod_antiloris.c

2) Now we have to restart apache

service httpd restart

3) How to check whether mod_antiloris loaded or not

httpd -M | grep antiloris

Note if you are using cpanel server then you have to run the below command to make sure new modification are updated into configuration system file

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/apache_conf_distiller –update

Now you can check if your Apache is protected from Slowloris Dos attack or not . Launch a slowloris attack and check Apache status page to see if its effecting it or not.
 
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