Load and forum abuse

[Amit86]

Hello,
I'm having this problem at my forums,
when a member wants to up his "view count" he stand on this thread and keep refreshing,
after a while, it gets my Apache server to stuck, meaning no one can enter forums, this happens on a regular basics, i followed the IP of this member and asked him to stop,
he didn't do it on purpose but i cannot take this risk and need something to block refreshing after X times, is there something that you think can help me?

[UKBusinessLive]

Hello,
I'm having this problem at my forums,
when a member wants to up his "view count" he stand on this thread and keep refreshing,
after a while, it gets my Apache server to stuck, meaning no one can enter forums, this happens on a regular basics, i followed the IP of this member and asked him to stop,
he didn't do it on purpose but i cannot take this risk and need something to block refreshing after X times, is there something that you think can help me?

I would place it in the rules that anyone found doing this would be banned.

You asked this guy to stop, he's still doing it, Ban him and make an example of him, the others will think twice after that. :rolleyes:

[Amit86]

Its still off the radar,
I'm sure that after making this public i will have much more case's so im asking if there is something like a mod that i can install for preventing this

[punchbowl]

Install a cache

[UKBusinessLive]

The user presses a button and Javascript opens another window with only the status bar, so there is no refresh button to click

<script language="JavaScript1.2">

if (document.all){
document.onkeydown = function (){
var key_f5 = 116; // 116 = F5

if (key_f5==event.keyCode){
event.keyCode = 27;

return false;
}
}
}

</script>


Hope this helps