Any ideas on how to "automatically" block an IP - if it just repeatedly hammers the login page?
ie: 100's of times per min

Occasionally get ones which don't get past this mod
but they do cause MySql server to complain about too many connections being used up.

PS : I realize can block them afterwards through .htaccess - but looking for an automated way
Thanks

you could add this and add his user agent
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=268208

Thanks ForceHSS

I was also just checking out this thread: Pre Firewall : Anti-DDos With Sytem Block
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...highlight=DDOS

This sounds interesting - if only I had root access :(
http://systembash.com/content/how-to...h-mod_evasive/

To be honest I don't know offhand what mod you could use for that. In theory it would be pretty easy to write code to check for a given ip failing a certain number of times and banning it, but since I haven't done it I'm not sure how well it would work in practice. Actually now that I think about it, I believe Lionel (a member who posted early on in this thread) said that he just bans any ip that fails the time check even once. I don't remember if he's adding it to the existing vb ip ban list or doing his own check.

lol - that's a lil' too harsh for me - it's just the out-of-control ones I'm looking to block from repeatedly banging on the door

ps- I'll be moving my server to a VPS soon - then maybe I'll try adding that Apache mod_evasive module - it sounds awesome

mod_evasive is known to cause problems in vB.

Thanks for the warning - unfortunately I didn't end up getting the VPS either :(

Sure; how come?

sadly my tree de dinero died

Hello,
I would like to install this, but how do I do it? I downloaded the zip file, and I see the XML file called "product-kh99_spambot_stopper_1.1.1", but where do I drag that to?

In my filezilla, after I connect to my website, I see a folder with a "/", then beneath that is "admincp". Do I drag it to the "admincp" folder?

Please help me, as I am a complete novice to this stuff. I have a feeling it is the "admincp" folder...

I don't want to do anything until I'm sure, though, as I'm scared to mess anything up and I don't know how to back the thing up.