Much apreciated feedback. I will look into iptables and see if I can
rehect selected IP addresses.
All good and a great learning experience.

On Apr 6, 6:54 pm, Alec Lyons <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do you have root access to your VPS? If there is a pretty consistent set of
> IP addresses making these attacks, then you might be able to use a software
> firewall built into linux called iptables. If not, or if it's hard to
> differentiate between attackers and legitimate requests by IP address then
> you might take a look at an apache module called bwshare, which we've had
> some success with. mod_evasive I'm unfamiliar with. Either way though you
> might find more folks with experience posting on a dedicated apache/linug
> list: if you're using apache and proxying request through to your pylons
> app, then installing and using an apache module should be exactly the same
> even if you weren't specifically using pylons.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:45 AM, gazza <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I was told to use mod evasive with apache? I dont have any firewall
> > I'm running on a VPS on
> > linux with a pylons web server.
>
> > Anybody got experience with mod evasive?
>
> > Much appreciated all help,
> > Thanks,
> > Garyc
>
> > On Apr 6, 6:14 pm, "Garland, Ken R" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > You would handle this at the firewall level, are you in charge of the
> > > firewall?
>
> > > The ideal here is to block the offending ip address or blocks of ip
> > > addresses.
>
> > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:46 PM, gazza <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Hey Guys,
>
> > > > Somebody I'm told is sending DOS attacks to my site? I need some
> > > > guidance on what to install. Driving me a little crazy.
>
> > > > Ideas welcome...
>
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Garyc
>
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