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***Like Ra*** · (This post was last modified: 31 May 2021, 18:57 by Like Ra.)

(31 May 2021, 12:39 )Like Ra Wrote: I've finally tweaked the "fancybox" plugin (the one that shows the gallery) - the thumbnails load 3 times faster now, almost do not use CPU (no PHP processing) and are fully cached.

Some preliminary results:

The CPU load dropped quite obviously.

So did the page load time and page size:

***Like Ra*** · 31 May 2021, 18:56

I'm currently experimenting with the Apache security module (application firewall) - another thing I should've added years ago. Theoretically it should protect from standard/simple hacking techniques and various service abuse. Please let me know if something stops working.

***Like Ra*** · 31 May 2021, 22:44

(31 May 2021, 18:56 )Like Ra Wrote: another thing I should've added years ago. Theoretically it should protect from standard/simple hacking techniques and various service abuse.

Checked the logs... I definitely should have done it before 😂

Lancer · 01 Jun 2021, 05:01

(31 May 2021, 18:56 )Like Ra Wrote: I'm currently experimenting with the Apache security module (application firewall) - another thing I should've added years ago. Theoretically it should protect from standard/simple hacking techniques and various service abuse. Please let me know if something stops working.

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

***Like Ra*** · (This post was last modified: 02 Jun 2021, 01:12 by Like Ra.)

Guys, let me know if any of your actions get denied. I've just disabled two security filters, which blocked post quoting. Yeah, everything "better" comes with a price tag...

***Like Ra*** · 02 Jun 2021, 00:01

(31 May 2021, 18:56 )Like Ra Wrote: I'm currently experimenting with the Apache security module (application firewall)

Fighting false positives is ... f...fun ... CRS is not quite compatible with WordPress.

***Like Ra*** · (This post was last modified: 04 Jun 2021, 00:15 by Like Ra.)

Cumulative effect of the tweaked plugin and the application firewall:

Very satisfying I must say 😎

***Like Ra*** · 07 Jun 2021, 00:25

If someone got "Forbidden - you are not allowed to access this resource" while uploading a file to the forum - this should be fixed now. It was a false positive for the "MULTIPART_UNMATCHED_BOUNDARY - Multipart parser detected a possible unmatched boundary" security rule.

***Like Ra*** · (This post was last modified: 09 Jun 2021, 18:33 by Like Ra.)

The forum is barely responding today - no ideas why yet. Checking everywhere.

***Like Ra*** · (This post was last modified: 09 Jun 2021, 14:50 by Like Ra.)

For some reason after some time PHP stops replying to Apache...

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