[CentOS] Apache warns Web server admins of DoS attack tool

Fri Aug 26 17:04:48 UTC 2011
Always Learning <centos at u61.u22.net>

On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 11:46 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:

> But there is nothing related in those two statements.  It would be
> equally true if you put your customizations in differently named files
> under /etc/httpd/conf.d and in directories under /var/www/html.   The
> difference is that anyone familiar with the standard layout could look
> at a system and understand it quickly where your non-standard
> locations would have to be carefully documented and a new admin would
> need to waste time figuring it out.

As previously mentioned everything is documented, so too is the logic
for the decisions.

We do not willingly add anything to /etc/httpd/conf.d or
to /var/www/html. Our chosen operating system does not require it.

Paul.