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07.27.2008 at 05:38AM PDT, ID: 23598778
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Mod_Security Blocking me out

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Zones:

Network Software Firewalls, Miscellaneous Security, Enterprise Firewalls

Tags:

Servers, Mod_Security, Firewall
Hi,

I am in Australia and am with Ausweb.com.au for cPanel Hosting. i am currently having some troubles with my website at the moment with regards to the hostesses firewall. I had previously had this issue a couple of months back and it has now come back to haunt me. Back in March my website was having the same issue as the one that is happening now. My Hosting Provider has send me over this info.

Your IP address was blocked by mod_security warnings in our application level firewall.

Please find below your details:


XXX.XXX.XX.XX # lfd: 5 (mod_security) login failures from XXX.XXX.XXX.XX - Sun Jul 27 03:02:49 2008

mod-security can be triggered by many things including but not restricted to:
1) a malicious attempt attack on the server
2) a scripting error in a site that may appears to be malicious attempt attack.
3) an issue with your web browser or one of its plugins.

Please contact your web developer or system administrator to help you rectify this problem.

Now that is what is happening the last solution is go to a web dev. i would only I am not a millionaire to be spending hundreds or thousands on a web dev. i am already paying nearly $500 AUD now p/yr. So as I was saying this is going back to March and Ausweb and i went thought the rigmarole oh trouble shooting and after 5 days I uninstalled Skype and they unblocked me and everything worked again, but this time when I wanted to install skype because I needed to use it, and I had the same issue I then uninstalled it but with no result as the last time. I dont know what is going on I haven't used any plug-ins with the Skype. I did ask them to unblock the ip after I uninstalled the Skype Program and got out for about 5 minutes then it stopped working AGAIN! I have a static ip and are using ESET Security Suite. I use Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera and they all do the same thing. I am running XP Home on my laptop and Vista Ultimate all 32-bit. PLEASE HELP. My website is down and I need to get it back up and running ASAP. Urgent Assistance Would Be Appreciated.

Thanks,

Evan


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Answered By: sofianshibani
Expert Since: 07/19/2004
Accepted Solutions: 13
sofianshibani has been an Expert for 4 years 5 months, during which he has posted 64 comments and answered 13 questions. sofianshibani is just one of 974 experts in the Network Software Firewalls Zone. 1 expert collaborated on this answer, which was graded a "B" by the asker.
 
 
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