High-performance, secure WordPress hosting without compromise
At LRob, our mission is clear: to provide fast and secure WordPress hostingby minimizing the impact of attacks while optimizing server performance. Unlike standard solutions that simply respond to threats, we go one step further by actively preventing unnecessary server loads.
Because while some hosts may not implement sufficient or any attack blocking measures, or offer no transparency whatsoever, LRob can proudly display its measures in place and the results obtained.
In this article, we explain our three-layer security strategy designed to effectively block attackers and offer you maximum security and performance for your website.
Attacks on WordPress: a scourge that consumes your resources
WordPress sites are the target of numerous automated attacks. These attacks take two main forms:
- Real attackswhich are extremely resource-hungry. For example, massive connection attempts or requests targeting XML-RPC (xmlrpc.php) place heavy demands on the CPU, as they reach PHP directly and cannot be cached. Similarly, certain POST requests can be interpreted by PHP and cause excessive load.
- Parasitic requestswhich generate useless responses such as 301, 403 (application firewall or server rules) or 404 errors. While not always malicious, they do add to logs and reduce server efficiency.
Without adequate protection, this can saturate servers and slow down your sites. This is one of the causes of the slowness observed with many web hosts.
That's why LRob actively fights this type of attack. And Our approach makes the difference: we don't just mitigate the impact of malicious requests, we eliminate them before they become a problem.
Our three-level protection strategy
1. Security rules specific to WordPress
We implement strict security rules adapted to the specificities of WordPress, such as those provided by the WordPress Toolkit from PleskWe also offer customized configurations to reduce the attack surface.
For example, we prohibit certain queries to certain key WordPress directories, block queries to XML-RPC when unused, and log failed connection attempts to WordPress.
This enables unauthorized access and abnormal behavior specific to the CMS to be identified or blocked directly.
2. ModSecurity: a powerful application firewall
ModSecurity acts as an intelligent filter, blocking malicious requests before they reach WordPress. This solution stops the most common attacks such as SQL injections, XSS or vulnerability scans, adding significant protection to your site, even when it contains known security flaws.
However, simply blocking a request is not enough to avoid unnecessary use of server resources. That's where fail2ban comes in.
3. Fail2ban: blocking attackers for good
Fail2ban analyzes attack logs from the previous two security features and automatically blocks malicious IPs, preventing them from making further requests.
In plain English:
- Fail2ban identifies attackers via their IP
- If an attacker repeats his attack, fail2ban bans the attacking IP.
- Result: this IP will no longer be able to send requests to your site.
This means you gain drastically on two fronts: performance and security. Your site loads faster and is much less vulnerable to attacks.
The result: a faster, safer site, freeing up resources
With this strategy, we are seeing drastically reduced CPU usage on our servers, while improving the availability and responsiveness of our customers' sites.
Key figures:
- Up to 95% of CPU usage saved by directly blocking attackers.
- A once-saturated server can fall to 5% of use after protection has been installed.
- 95% reduction in spurious logs and improved readability of traffic analyses.
I'd love to be able to give you figures on the security gain. But that would require a single site hosted by LRob to have been hacked. This has never happened. It would be too pretentious to claim that this reduces the risk of a site being hacked by 100%. Nevertheless, we can be confident that it makes life hard for attackers and makes hacking your site extremely difficult.
Did you know? To make life even harder for attackers, LRob reported 250,000 attacks on AbuseIPDB since October 2024.
Why choose LRob for your WordPress hosting?
We don't just offer simple hosting, we constantly optimize our infrastructure to provide the best possible service. a seamless, secure experience to our customers.
With specific security rules, ModSecurity and fail2banwe provide :
- ✅ Proactive protection against attacks
- ✅ Optimum performance for your visitors
- ✅ A server relieved of unnecessary requests
Don't let bots slow down your site.
Opt for a web hosting designed for safety and performance with LRob! 🚀
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