"Preventing Web Attacks with Apache" by Ryan C. Barnett is a comprehensive guide for securing Apache Web servers and Web applications. It offers step-by-step guidance, practical examples, and proven configuration files to fortify your web application environment. The book delves into the vulnerabilities of Apache servers, explaining how hackers target them and how to defend against various attacks. These include buffer overflows, denial of service, attacks on vulnerable scripts and programs, credential sniffing and spoofing, client parameter manipulation, brute force attacks, web defacements, and more.

Barnett introduces the Center for Internet Security Apache Benchmarks, a set of best-practice security configurations he helped develop. The book covers a range of topics, including IT processes, operating system hardening, Apache downloading, installation, and configuration, application hardening, and monitoring. It also features a case study that analyzes real-world web attack logs and data. This manual is an invaluable resource for system administrators, web professionals, and security specialists responsible for Apache or web application security.