Re: Apache 1.x & 2.x vulnerability against simple DoS attacks

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On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 15:11 +0200, Bastien LEGRAS wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just tried the perl script against my 2.2 apache under ubuntu 8.04
> and found I could make my apache server unavailable in 30 sec with the
> little hack script you can find here http://ha.ckers.org/slowloris/
> 
> Has anyone heard of a configuration or a ongoing fix to protect Apache
> against such attacks ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Cordialement / Best Regards
> 
> Bastien LEGRAS
> 

Use the event MPM rather than prefork. Other people are suggesting
mod_evasive would prevent it, but I have not verified that.

Cheers

Tom


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