Re: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2

2004-06-11 Thread Steve
would this work if the user keeps hitting the f5 key (ie refresh) -steve Wade Chandler wrote: Shapira, Yoav wrote: Hi, You can use JavaScript to disable form elements, thereby graying them out and preventing the user from clicking again. Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics -Original

Re: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2

2004-06-11 Thread Harry Mantheakis
I've just come off implementing something very much like what Wade has recommended, and it works a treat. Note the use of a finally block to release the session lock, which is cool. Basically, the first request sets a flag stored in the session object so that no other (subsequent) request will

RE: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2

2004-06-11 Thread Shapira, Yoav
List Subject: Re: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2 I've just come off implementing something very much like what Wade has recommended, and it works a treat. Note the use of a finally block to release the session lock, which is cool. Basically, the first request sets a flag

Re: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2

2004-06-11 Thread Wade Chandler
To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2 I've just come off implementing something very much like what Wade has recommended, and it works a treat. Note the use of a finally block to release the session lock, which is cool. Basically, the first request

Re: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2

2004-06-11 Thread Harry Mantheakis
I assumed the forcing of cookies and sessions. Me too. Most web applications that need to be concerned about repeat requests are likely to be dependant on session objects one way or another. And with that, a good weekend to all ;) An excellent idea! Kind regards Harry

RE: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2

2004-06-10 Thread Shapira, Yoav
Hi, You can use JavaScript to disable form elements, thereby graying them out and preventing the user from clicking again. Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics -Original Message- From: Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:52 AM To: Tomcat Users List

RE: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2

2004-06-10 Thread Summers, Bert W.
And server side you can use a token match from a form hidden element and session attribute. -Original Message- From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:56 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2

Re: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2

2004-06-10 Thread Wade Chandler
Shapira, Yoav wrote: Hi, You can use JavaScript to disable form elements, thereby graying them out and preventing the user from clicking again. Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics -Original Message- From: Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:52 AM To:

Re: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2

2004-06-10 Thread Robert F. Hall
Howdy, And you can disable the submit button up fron if the user has JavaScript disabled, displaying a message to indicate that your site requires JavaScript. Then there is also the SynchronizerToken which your app could use to recognize and ignore duplicate requests. Robert UC Berkeley

Re: Denial Service Attack Prevention apache-tomcat modjk2

2004-06-10 Thread Steve
thanks for all the code ideas, will forward them to our developers on the flip side can apache or tomcat do anything for any sort of denial attack prevention on a larger scale? -s Robert F. Hall wrote: Howdy, And you can disable the submit button up fron if the user has JavaScript disabled,