To protect apache from Nimda insert this in httpd.conf:

<LocationMatch "\.ida|(root|cmd)\.exe">
order allow,deny
deny from all
</LocationMatch>
lilo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Hiten Desai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: linux user group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 10:39 PM
Subject: [ILUG-BOM] DOS attack


> I m having dos attack on my apache web server
> which is also simeltenously having our imap as well as
> pop3 server have checked with top it some times of the
> day gives more cpu consumption and by uptime I came to
> know that there are no. of active users goes up from 3
> to 4 (average) to 20 or more after checking httpd logs
> I came to know that someone is asking for *.exe files
> from different ips we have a consaltunt but he says he
> doesnt have any solution for the timebeing he says to
> stop and restart the httpd service when it happens
> do u have any comments
> we are having dedicated connection and around 500+
> email users
> please infrom me if there are any monitoring tools for
> sendmail /dos attack /apache which can be monitored in
> real time 
> thanks
> 
> Hiten.
> 
> 
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