Re: Correct way to block web bots and other unwanted traffic?

On Dec 5, 2006, at 7:50 PM, Henry Nelson wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 07:12:42PM -0500, Brian McEwen wrote:
>> I am revisiting the idea of setting up the denyhosts or other script
>> with an auto timeout, so I'd block just bad IPs, and even then have a
>> time limit (weeks/month/whatever) before allowing at least a few
>
> I'd like to hear about your method of doing an automated timeout  
> when/if
> you do it.  TIA

I'd cheat and use the denyhosts script  features to do the timeout  
(by that I mean, block an IP for a week, 12 days, whatever) :)

http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/

It's worth a look, and those who know what they are doing can mod it  
to suit their needs.

Brian