Installing CSF+LFD instead of APF+BFD in your VPS!

By default, Future Hosting provisions new VPSs with a security setup which includes APF (Advanced Policy Firewall) and BFD (Brute Force Detection).

This combination works well and can provide great security for your VPS.

However it lacks a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for the average user.

ConfigServer Firewall (CSF) and Login Failure Daemon (LFD) is another good firewall combination that works equally great (some say even better!) and comes with a GUI for WHM as well. It is easy to install CSF+LFD in your VPS with a few commands in SSH. The important point to note when installing

CSF+LFD in your VPS is that you need to enable “MONOLITHIC_KERNEL” in

CSF+CSF

configuration file. This is because a VPS does not have Loadable Kernel Modules (LKMs) and hence it is considered as a MONOLITHIC kernel. To enable MONOLITHIC_KERNEL, change the value to “1″ in the configuration page when configuring CSF (after installing) for the first time through WHM. Then restart CSF+LFD and your new firewall combination will be ready to protect your VPS!

If you need any help in installing or configuring CSF+LFD in your VPS, just submit a ticket in our Help Desk!