[mod-security-users] ModSecurity 1.9.2 has been released

[Ivan R. <iv...@we...>]

ModSecurity 1.9.2 has been released. It is available for
immediate download from:

    http://www.modsecurity.org/download/

ModSecurity 1.9.2 is primarily a bug-fix release, but it
includes a few interesting new features.

ModSecurity can now be compiled against PCRE regex library
(Apache 1.3.x only, Apache 2.x already uses PCRE), resulting
in large performance increase. It is also possible to compile
ModSecurity not to use suEXEC for process creation. Some
concurrent audit logging improvements. New proof-of-concept
script for real-time audit log centralisation. Many smaller
bug fixes and improvements throughout.


About ModSecurity
-----------------
ModSecurity is a web application firewall designed to protect
vulnerable applications and reject manual and automated attacks.
It is an open source intrusion detection and prevention system. It
can work embedded in Apache, or as a standalone security device when
configured to work as part of an Apache-based reverse proxy.

Optionally, ModSecurity creates application audit logs, which contain
the full request body in addition to all other details. Requests are
filtered using regular expressions. Some of the things possible are:

  * Apply filters against any part of the request (URI,
    headers, either GET or POST)
  * Apply filters against individual parameters
  * Reject SQL injection attacks
  * Reject Cross site scripting attacks
  * Store the files uploaded through the web server, and have them
    checked by external scripts

With a few general rules ModSecurity can protect from both known
and unknown vulnerabilities. It excels as a tool for HTTP traffic
monitoring and just-in-time patching.

ModSecurity is dual-licensed. It can be used at no cost under the
terms of GPL v2. Support and commercial licences (for end-users
and OEM distributors) can be obtained from Thinking Stone
(http://www.thinkingstone.com).

-- 
Ivan Ristic, Technical Director
Thinking Stone, http://www.thinkingstone.com
Tel: +44 20 8141 2161, Fax: +44 87 0762 3934