Security Testing your Apache Configuration with Nikto | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Nice article there. Good for you system admins out there.

This tutorial, inspired by one of the chapters in Hardening Apache by Tony Mobily (APress), will show you how to set up the free web server security scanner tool, Nikto. This tool will probe your Apache set-up for vulnerabilities, so you can get an idea of what holes may exist in your configuration. This tutorial will only get you so far as installing the tool, and running your first scan. A google search or the afore mentioned book will give you plenty of information on actually securing your Apache server

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