Can you point me to the right direction in correcting? It seems to be
blocking all links that we post on Facebook other than the homepage. Which
logs do I need to analyze? How do I circumvent?

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Christian Folini <
christian.fol...@netnea.com> wrote:

> Kenneth,
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 12:28:54PM +0800, T. Kenneth Lojo (IRRI) wrote:
> > Our company has started using mod security as a web application firewall
> > and we used the OWASP core rule set. When we apply the CRS Facebook
> cannot
> > scrape our site and gives a 403 forbidden message. Can you provide
> > directions on how to correct this? Our website is http://irri.org
>
> This is typical behaviour for a new CRS install, which blocks
> what seem to be legitimate requests as false positives.
>
> If you want to continue in blocking mode, you need to tune the system.
> Which means you need to get rid of the false positives, by
> writing ModSec rules telling the engine to circumvent the said
> offending rules.
>
> Google for ModSecurity tuning and false positives.
>
> And good luck!
>
> Christian
>
>
> --
> First you make it, then it works, then you invite people to
> make it better.
> -- Eben Moglen, Free Software Foundation
>



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