Using mpm-peruser To Secure A Shared Server
Posted by Stuart Herbert on March 20th, 2008 in The Web Platform.
Tagged with advice, apache, architecture, hosting, performance, php, security, servers, web
The challenge with securing a shared hosting server is how to secure the website from attack both from the outside and from the inside. PHP has built-in features to help, but ultimately it s the wrong place to address the problem. Apache has built-in features too, but the performance cost of these features is prohibitive.
This has created a gap that a number of third-party solutions have attempted to fill. One solution you may have heard of is mpm-peruser, by Telana Internet Services. How well does it work, and how well does it perform?
- A Bit of History
- Installing mpm-peruser
- Configuring Apache
- Some Benchmarks
- Other Considerations
- Conclusions