Prevent DDOS attack by CSF firewall
Hi all,
Recently, there are many Error log in Cpanel for a few week as followning:
Actually, I deleted the uft folder but these ip continue to connect these files in that folder. Any I can do about this? Because of this, I search some information from internet about how to prevent DDOS attack by CSF firewall and find out the CSF setting and Preventing DDOS aplification open resolver attack: First, I would like to ask how can I prevent DDOS aplification open resolver attack? Becasue I think that my sever was used by other to attack. ( The hosting company told me and stopped my sever about 2 weeks >.< ) The information as following: source: /http://anandarajpandey.com/2014/02/10/preventing-ddos-aplification-open-resolver-attack/ Can I do anything in the WHM to prevent DDOS aplification open resolver attack? or any code? If disable open recursive requests, any funtion cannot use or any problem? e.g. Redirects, Subdomains. Second, if I set the CSF as following then the sever is better or not. source: /http://anandarajpandey.com/2014/04/21/how-to-prevent-ddos-attack-by-csf-firewall/
Thank all!
[Mon Oct 06 22:32:48 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.101] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/404.shtml
[Mon Oct 06 22:32:48 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.101] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/utf/mobile
[Mon Oct 06 22:29:35 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.101] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/404.shtml
[Mon Oct 06 22:29:35 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.101] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/utf/mobile
[Mon Oct 06 22:26:23 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.117] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/404.shtml
[Mon Oct 06 22:26:23 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.117] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/utf/mobile
[Mon Oct 06 22:23:10 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.117] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/404.shtml
[Mon Oct 06 22:23:10 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.117] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/utf/mobile
[Mon Oct 06 22:19:57 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.117] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/404.shtml
[Mon Oct 06 22:19:57 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.117] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/utf/mobile
[Mon Oct 06 22:16:44 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.85] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/404.shtml
[Mon Oct 06 22:16:44 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.85] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/utf/mobile
[Mon Oct 06 22:10:51 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.85] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/404.shtml
[Mon Oct 06 22:10:51 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.85] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/utf/mobile
[Mon Oct 06 22:07:44 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.85] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/404.shtml
[Mon Oct 06 22:07:44 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.85] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/utf/mobile
[Mon Oct 06 22:06:08 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.101] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/404.shtml
[Mon Oct 06 22:06:08 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.101] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/utf/mobile
[Mon Oct 06 21:40:08 2014] [error] [client 66.249.69.101] File does not exist: /home/sze1106/public_html/404.shtmlActually, I deleted the uft folder but these ip continue to connect these files in that folder. Any I can do about this? Because of this, I search some information from internet about how to prevent DDOS attack by CSF firewall and find out the CSF setting and Preventing DDOS aplification open resolver attack: First, I would like to ask how can I prevent DDOS aplification open resolver attack? Becasue I think that my sever was used by other to attack. ( The hosting company told me and stopped my sever about 2 weeks >.< ) The information as following: source: /http://anandarajpandey.com/2014/02/10/preventing-ddos-aplification-open-resolver-attack/ Can I do anything in the WHM to prevent DDOS aplification open resolver attack? or any code? If disable open recursive requests, any funtion cannot use or any problem? e.g. Redirects, Subdomains. Second, if I set the CSF as following then the sever is better or not. source: /http://anandarajpandey.com/2014/04/21/how-to-prevent-ddos-attack-by-csf-firewall/
Step 1: open and edit CSF config file.
vi /etc/csf/csf.conf
Settings:
Enable connection tracking
CT_LIMIT =1
Set connection tracking interval.
CT_INTERVAL =30
If you want to get possible ddos attack email then enable it.
CT_EMAIL_ALERT =1
If you want to make IP blocks permanent then set this to 1, otherwise blocks
will be temporary and will be cleared after CT_BLOCK_TIME seconds
CT_PERMANENT = 1
If you opt for temporary IP blocks for CT, then the following is the interval
in seconds that the IP will remained blocked for (e.g. 1800 = 30 mins)
CT_BLOCK_TIME = 1800
If you only want to count specific ports (e.g. 80,443) then add the ports
to the following as a comma separated list. E.g. "80,443"
CT_PORTS = 80,23,443
These settings will be enough for DDOS attacks but if you are getting more attacks even you have above option configured then we can set few more options.
Step 2: Enable distributed attacks
LF_DISTATTACK = 1
Set the following to the minimum number of unique IP addresses that trigger
LF_DISTATTACK
LF_DISTATTACK_UNIQ = 2
Step 3: Enable distributed FTP attacks
LF_DISTFTP = 1
Set the following to the minimum number of unique IP addresses that trigger
LF_DISTFTP. LF_DISTFTP_UNIQ must be <= LF_DISTFTP for this to work
LF_DISTFTP_UNIQ = 3
If this option is set to 1 the blocks will be permanent
If this option is > 1, the blocks will be temporary for the specified number
of seconds
LF_DISTFTP_PERM =1
Step 4: Enable distributed SMTP attacks.
LF_DISTSMTP =1
Set the following to the minimum number of unique IP addresses that trigger
LF_DISTSMTP. LF_DISTSMTP_UNIQ must be <= LF_DISTSMTP for this to work
LF_DISTSMTP_UNIQ =4
If this option is set to 1 the blocks will be permanent
If this option is > 1, the blocks will be temporary for the specified number
of seconds
LF_DISTSMTP_PERM =1
This is the interval during which a distributed FTP or SMTP attack is
measured
LF_DIST_INTERVAL = 300
Thank all!
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Hello :) Please keep in mind that CSF is a third-party application that is not developed by cPanel. You can find their support forums at: CSF - Support Forums That being said, you may still receive some helpful user-feedback here as well. Thank you. 0 -
I am not sure if CSF can block any type of complex DDoS in today's age, except maybe some small attacks. You need to talk to your provider for some sort of protection on the network level if DDoS is becoming a problem for you. About the DNS recursion, the link you posted explains it perfectly. You do not really need it, so you can just disable it. 0 -
1 - If attacks origin from specific country only you can block that country in CSF 2 - Enable dshield and spamhaus in CSF, it prevent many spammers and other bad stuff from connecting to your server. Also after every restriction keep an eye on stats that are also collected by CSF 0 -
After applying this setting the IP is getting banned on all ports I also mentioned ports in CT_PORTS = 80,23,443 : Enable connection tracking CT_LIMIT =1 Set connection tracking interval. CT_INTERVAL =30 If you want to get possible ddos attack email then enable it. CT_EMAIL_ALERT =1 If you want to make IP blocks permanent then set this to 1, otherwise blocks will be temporary and will be cleared after CT_BLOCK_TIME seconds CT_PERMANENT = 1 If you opt for temporary IP blocks for CT, then the following is the interval in seconds that the IP will remained blocked for (e.g. 1800 = 30 mins) CT_BLOCK_TIME = 1800 If you only want to count specific ports (e.g. 80,443) then add the ports to the following as a comma separated list. E.g. "80,443" CT_PORTS = 80,23,443 0
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