ModSecurity2 is an open source web application firewall that runs as an Apache2 module. Links ------ Home page: http://www.modsecurity.org/ Brief ModSecurity2 introduction and feature's list: http://www.modsecurity.org/documentation/ApacheCon_Europe_2008-Web_Intrusion_Detection_with_ModSecurity.pdf Documentation: http://www.modsecurity.org/documentation/ FAQ: http://www.modsecurity.org/documentation/faq.html Additional resources -------------------- Got Root project: a huge set of web application firewall signatures: http://www.gotroot.com/mod_security+rules ScallyWhack project: set of rules to block spam posted to Trac-driven websites: http://projects.otaku42.de/wiki/ScallyWhack