[scotty]

ok - went a little further...

to stop someone from a specific IP flooding your board with requests, you can use the rewrite rules of the apache! (the request therefore doesn't reach the board and its engine)

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST}     ^123.456.789.123          [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST}     ^456.789.123.456
RewriteRule ^.*$ stopflooding.html [L]

so the problem is now:
a) detecting a flood (requesting many threads in a short period of time)
b) altering the .htaccess file by adding the IP

can someone please help?