Summary
These simple examples have hopefully given you a taste of what can be accomplished with ModSecurity. There are many powerful functions left, and you may be amazed at some of the things that can be done using this versatile module.
In this chapter we first looked at downloading the ModSecurity source code and verifying its integrity. We then compiled the source code to produce the binary module file mod_security2.so. After this, we integrated the module file with Apache, and tested the new setup to make sure that ModSecurity was properly installed and working. Finally, we used ModSecurity to alter Apache's server signature by employing the SecServerSignature directive.
We are now done with the installation and basic setup of ModSecurity. In the next chapter we move on to learning all about writing rules.
