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James Birkett · #1 06-27-2009, 11:09 AM

Alright, so DDoS works by attacking the server with requests which then overloads and fails (to put it basically). Now, this could be stopped (especially the idiots who use 300+ botnets) by creating a simple IP restriction.
How it would work:
A simple script that bans any IP that requests too much in X seconds.
IP1 is the botnet, and it's sending 300-400 requests per second for example. Now a script could be created that basically works by only allowing X requests per X time limit. If any IP address overloads that limit, the IP is banned (and maybe an e-mail notification or something?).
I was wondering if someone could create this, it sure as hell would help a lot of members secure their vBulletin servers.

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