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Are there any test cases to ensure the “web-attacks.rules” snort file works correctly?

I have set up an free evaluation Confluence Server on my local host and have configured "snort.conf" to point to my localhost as "HOME_NET" environment variable. I tried to test the ICMP rule by ...
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Using an IPS as an alternative to mod_security

I am considering deploying mod_security as an addition to our web infrastructure. I am worried about the increased load however as these servers get a lot of hits. I am considering using IPS's such ...
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Open source or common implementations for reverse proxy web application security

I realize there is already a question similar to this one, but this is somewhat of a follow-up. I understand that a reverse proxy server by itself is hardly useful as a web app security measure ...