Install CSF/LFD Firewall on your Linux Server
The first thing on your mind when setting up a new Linux server (dedicated or VPS) is how you can increase security. One of the best tools in your bag of tricks should be the CSF (ConfigServer) LFD...
View ArticleBlock Countries from your server easily with CSF
If you don’t have a need for certain international visitors to your Linux server, its easy to block them out! First, you’ll need to make sure that CSF is installed. You can follow our guide on...
View ArticleLearn the CSF command line options
You have CSF installed and use the GUI to do most things. (If you don’t have it installed yet, you can read our article on how to install csf). BUT – knowing the csf (ConfigServer Firewall) flags...
View ArticlecPanel / CSF: Fix 500 internal server error or 404 for the CSF GUI
I’ve run into this a couple times – where I’ll spin up a CentOS/cPanel machine, then run a cpupdate (/scripts/upcp) to get cpanel up to date. I’ll then go into the configserver firewall settings and...
View ArticleEnable statistics in Configserver Firewall (CSF)
I’ve noticed recently that a new install of CSF won’t have statistics enabled by default. Here’s how to enable them… Edit your /etc/csf/csf.conf file and change: ST_ENABLE = “0” to ST_ENABLE = “1”...
View ArticleLFD: Excessive resource usage
If you run the CSF/LFD firewall on your server then you’ve no doubt seen the emails complaining about high resource usage for various accounts. This small tutorial will show you how to minimize them....
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