Jim Perrin wrote: >> That part I understand. AFAIK there is no way to stop that kind of thing >> without the help from the upstream provider. > > There's also an apache module you can use which may help. While it > won't stop everything, it may help a bit with your current situation. > http://www.zdziarski.com/projects/mod_evasive/ It's designed to help > apache deal with brute force DOS attempts. But do be careful with that one. Though it is designed to look for "X-Forwarded-For"-Headers by caching proxies, not all proxies set that header. So you might deny access to people using those proxies. And you have to look at traffic patterns for your website first, so that you do not set the access limits too low and deny regular traffic to your website (if you - for example - have many small images on your website). Cheers, Ralph -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 251 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20061022/5d9c31c5/attachment-0005.sig>