The modsecurity 2 Core Rules have been installed in %%PREFIX%%/%%APACHEETCDIR%%/Includes/mod_security2/ and run in "DetectionOnly" mode as not to disturb operatings. Please read http://www.modsecurity.org/projects/rules/index.html ModSecurity requires mod_unique_id to be actived. This line must be present in your apache configuration file. LoadModule unique_id_module libexec/apache22/mod_unique_id.so You must add the following to your Apache configuration file for activate mod_security: LoadModule security2_module libexec/apache22/mod_security2.so Logging is done to /var/log/httpd-modsec2*.log