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Here are some things you can do to make your apache configuration more secure.
Some of these suggestions may decrease performance, or cause problems due to your environment. It is up to you to determine if any of the changes I suggest are not compatible with your requirements. In other words proceed at your own risk.
You’re thinking a lot about computer security lately, and that’s a good thing. You certainly made the right choice going to Linux, and Debian was wise, too. That’s not the end of your thought about security I hope. This short tutorial will show you how to password protect your Grub boot loader rendering your machine un-boot-able (that’s not even close to being a real word!) to the casual snoop, or anyone else without the ability to get around this; which for all intents and purposes is just about anybody you know. This is by no means absolute security for your machine, far from it - it’s merely a wrinkle in the road.
Apache is the world’s most common web server and it runs on just about anything, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows, BSD, you name it and it’s typically the web server of choice in the Linux world. Apache is developed and maintained by an open community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation. It is free in cost and is licensed under the Apache license, one of man open source licenses.
Htaccess can be used to password-protect directories on your web site. All files and any subdirectories within a directory protected by htaccess will also be protected. So, if you wish to protect your entire web site, simply setup htaccess in your public_html directory (the root of your web site). However, if you only wish to protect certain directories, you may do so separately.
