Unable to disable module once loaded

LoZio commented 3 years ago

I built Modsecurity and Modsecurity-apache on Debian 10. When I load the module into Apache it works and logs fine. I needed to disable the module for a specific virtualhost, so inside a vhost I put the modesecurity off directive. To make a long story short, I tried to put it in every possible place, even directly after the LoadModule line. The module is always alive and kicking. If I remove the LoadModule directive, apache complains about the modsecurity directives in the various files, as expected. My apache is

Server version: Apache/2.4.38 (Debian)
Server built:   2021-06-10T10:13:06
Server's Module Magic Number: 20120211:84
Server loaded:  APR 1.6.5, APR-UTIL 1.6.1
Compiled using: APR 1.6.5, APR-UTIL 1.6.1
Architecture:   64-bit
Server MPM:     prefork
  threaded:     no
    forked:     yes (variable process count)

If I try to override rules (modsecurity_rules directive) it seems to just ignore them. Am I missing something big or is this what the "NOTE: This project is not production ready" line refers to? Thanks

martinhsv commented 3 years ago

Hi @LoZio ,

The content:

The warning not to use ModSecurity-apache is not just about one specific bug or functionality gap, but a more overall warning that it is not ready for use. As additionally noted in the README:

"With Apache HTTP Server, the recommended version of ModSecurity is v2.9.x."

Devstellar commented 2 years ago

When I load the module into Apache it works and logs fine. I needed to disable the module for a specific virtualhost, so inside a vhost I put the modesecurity off directive. To make a long story short, I tried to put it in every possible place, even directly after the LoadModule line. The module is always alive and kicking.

Try this:

        <IfModule security3_module>
          modsecurity_rules "SecRuleEngine Off"
        </IfModule>

LoZio commented 2 years ago

When I load the module into Apache it works and logs fine. I needed to disable the module for a specific virtualhost, so inside a vhost I put the modesecurity off directive. To make a long story short, I tried to put it in every possible place, even directly after the LoadModule line. The module is always alive and kicking.

Try this:
        <IfModule security3_module>
          modsecurity_rules "SecRuleEngine Off"
        </IfModule>

Already tested, I wrote it in the first post.

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Unable to disable module once loaded #84