In what order Apache 2.2 process request?

[milkinvl]

Hello, pls help me. There is a low http dos attack on the Apache server from a specific ip. If I block this ip in .htaccess - will it help? Or Apache will first try to read the entire request (including the body), and only then will it check the possibility of access from this ip and return error 403.

[taradacyl]

You should block at the firewall. Either on the server or if you are using a cloud provider, block at the network level. You can use iptables if you are using a linux distro.