-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Keith Keller Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 7:39 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] .htaccess file
On 2016-08-29, TE Dukes tdukes@palmettoshopper.com wrote:
Can you be more specific about the "load" you're trying to mitigate? Is it really the load on your home system, or is it that attackers are using your bandwidth, or a combination?
[Thomas E Dukes] I saw that as well but it was a little vague on how to do that.
There are two easy (though not quantitative) tests you can do.
First, look at the load on the server. If httpd is using a lot of CPU and
putting
your load over 1, your main issue is probably the load being generated by .htaccess reads.
[Thomas E Dukes] Its not necessarily the load on my server, but the bandwidth on my dsl.
If you have another system on your home network, try a speed test. If it performs crappy you probably have a problem with attackers eating your bandwidth.
[Thomas E Dukes] I have a fire stick on my network that I stream movies. Getting beatup by badbots isn't helping.
You and another poster mentioned fail2ban; if you can get that configured
to
watch and protect both sshd and httpd that will help both problems quite a bit.
[Thomas E Dukes] I have all the jails setup for the services I'm running. Not sure its working. Not getting any emails.
Thanks!!