retitle 293123 RFP: spambot -- prevent unwanted site downloads reassign 293123 wnpp thanks
* Nigel Horne | Package: apache | Version: 1.3.33-3 | Severity: wishlist | | Please add mod_spambot to your distribution. It is an add-on module, so it would have to be packaged seperately from apache itself. I've changed your request into a RFP (Request for Package) so somebody might pick it up. The description on http://spambot.sf.net reads as follows (for whoever wants to package this): : Spambot - prevent unwanted site downloads : : Mod_Spambot is an Apache plugin which monitors the data being : downloaded from a server. When the number of requests for a client : exceeds a preset level no more downloads are allowed for a preset : time. When this happens the client received a tailored message : informing them of what has happend. Many of the features can be : tailored to the needs of the webmaster to help to prevent false : positives and to customise the definition of a client to be : blacklisted. : : If a client, that has not been whitelisted, downloads more than 100 : pages in an hour they are blacklisted unless there has been more : than 10 minutes between the downloads. All the figures are : configurable - those values are the defaults. : : The algorithm is simple, but surprisingly effective. No doubt it : will improve with time and feedback. When an IP is blacklisted, it : receives either a bespoke page, or the default 403 ErrorDocument. An : IP is then blacklisted until 10 minutes elapses between : requests. HEAD requests are ignored. -- Tollef Fog Heen ,''`. UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are : :' : `. `' `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]