Webserver Port #9

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DarkFeather · 2020-08-27T05:46:24-05:00

DarkFeather commented

2020-08-27 05:46:24 -05:00

We need to drop lighttpd for OpenResty for HTTP/2 streaming proxy support. This means all vhosts on lighttpd and the security hardening need to come with.

DarkFeather commented

2020-11-05 15:33:44 -06:00

We should include ModSecurity as a Web Application Firewall, to serve in a similar capacity to sshguard.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/modsecurity/

This will result in a 3-layer firewalling model for our three externally-facing ports.

Router firewall
Host firewall
Application firewall (sshguard, ModSecurity, IRC z-line)

This need for WAF puts a kink into #12 -- using HA Proxy in this way would break the header and WAF controls we're using today.

We should include ModSecurity as a Web Application Firewall, to serve in a similar capacity to sshguard. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/modsecurity/ This will result in a 3-layer firewalling model for our three externally-facing ports. 1. Router firewall 1. Host firewall 1. Application firewall (sshguard, ModSecurity, IRC z-line) This need for WAF puts a kink into #12 -- using HA Proxy in this way would break the header and WAF controls we're using today.

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DarkFeather commented

2023-11-09 13:14:35 -06:00

!27 implements the WAF portion. Because OpenResty isn't keeping up with core Nginx development, it throws an error like the below:

nginx: [emerg] module "/usr/lib/nginx/modules/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so" version 1024000 instead of 1021004 in /opt/openresty/nginx/conf/nginx.conf:4

I'd rather not pull a fork of the libmodsecurity package & connector just for OpenResty. As such, we're moving to mainline nginx.

This can close -- when !27 closes, the work will have been delivered.

!27 implements the WAF portion. Because OpenResty isn't keeping up with core Nginx development, it throws an error like the below: ``` nginx: [emerg] module "/usr/lib/nginx/modules/ngx_http_modsecurity_module.so" version 1024000 instead of 1021004 in /opt/openresty/nginx/conf/nginx.conf:4 ``` I'd rather not pull a fork of the [libmodsecurity](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/libmodsecurity/) package & connector just for OpenResty. As such, we're moving to mainline nginx. This can close -- when !27 closes, the work will have been delivered.

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