Site Guard Project

Site Guard is a comprehensive security and monitoring solution designed to safeguard web applications from vulnerabilities, unauthorized access, and malicious traffic. It acts as a protective layer, ensuring your digital assets remain secure and performant.

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📖 Table of Contents

• Key Features
• Architecture
• Getting Started
• Configuration
• API Reference
• Contributing

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✨ Key Features

• 🛡️ Threat Detection: Automated scanning for common vulnerabilities like SQL injection and XSS.
• 🚦 Traffic Control: Integrated rate-limiting and IP filtering to prevent DDoS attacks.
• 🔍 File Integrity Monitoring: Real-time tracking of file system changes to detect unauthorized modifications.
• 📊 Security Dashboard: A clean UI to visualize logs, blocked requests, and system health.
• 🔔 Instant Notifications: Webhook support for Slack, Discord, or Email alerts.

🏗 Architecture

Site Guard is built with a modular architecture to ensure low latency and high scalability:

• Core Engine: Written in [Your Language, e.g., Node.js/Python/Go].
• Data Store: Utilizes [e.g., Redis/PostgreSQL] for rapid session tracking.
• Middleware: Plugs directly into your existing server setup with minimal overhead.

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• [e.g., Node.js v18+] or [e.g., Python 3.10+]
• [e.g., Docker] (Optional but recommended)

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/[your-username]/site-guard-project.git
cd site-guard-project

2. Install Dependencies

# If using NPM
npm install
# If using Python
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Environment Setup Copy the example environment file and fill in your details:

cp .env.example .env

4. Start the Service

npm run start:dev  # or python main.py

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⚙️ Configuration

Site Guard is highly customizable via the .env file or config.yaml:

Variable	Description	Default
PORT	The port the service runs on	3000
STRICT_MODE	Enable aggressive blocking	false
ALERT_WEBHOOK	URL for security notifications	null
MAX_REQUESTS	Rate limit threshold per minute	100

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🛠 API Reference

Get Security Status

GET /api/v1/status

Returns the current health and active protection layers.

Block an IP

POST /api/v1/blacklist
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "ip": "192.168.1.1",
  "reason": "Malicious activity"
}

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🤝 Contributing

We love contributions! To keep things organized:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature).
5. Open a Pull Request.

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