We’re excited to announce that cPFence Web Application Firewall (WAF) now officially supports Apache and Nginx web servers, in addition to our existing support for OpenLiteSpeed (OLS) and LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS).
The Nginx web server is a popular choice among system admins and VPS owners due to its exceptional performance and lightweight footprint. When combined with the Enhance control panel, it becomes even more powerful. Enhance makes it easy to manage FastCGI cache (enable/disable), configure cache exclusions, purge cache on demand, and apply URL rewrites per domain. With this update, cPFence users on Nginx and Apache can now enjoy the same level of advanced protection that LSWS and OLS users have had access to.
Our WAF brings a powerful layer of protection to your websites with features like:
- Customizable, powerful security for web applications
- Advanced filtering, intrusion prevention, and protection rules
- Strong XSS and SQL injection mitigation
- Full bot protection with support for whitelisting or blocking specific user-agents
Capability to block malicious IPs even when they’re hiding behind Cloudflare proxies
- Full integration with the cPFence WebUI, allowing you to manage WAF rules across your entire cluster from one dashboard
- Continuously updated ModSecurity rule sets to guard against the latest threats affecting real-world websites
There’s much more under the hood, and this update opens the door for even more admins and hosting providers to benefit from our strong, lightweight defense system.
To get started, simply update cPFence to the latest version 3.3.62 to enable Apache and Nginx WAF support.
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