Package Information: HTTP_FloodControl

» Summary	» License
Detect and protect from attempts to flood a site	LGPL
» Current Release	» Bug Summary
0.1.1 (alpha) was released on 2007-03-22 (Changelog) Development Roadmap (next release: 0.1.0 in -980 days!!, 0% complete)	Package Maintenance Rank: 142 of 175 packages with open bugs Number of open bugs: 3 (4 total bugs) Average age of open bugs: 755 days Oldest open bug: 951 days Number of open feature requests: 2 (2 total feature requests) Report a new bug to HTTP_FloodControl
» Description
The HTTP_FloodControl package can be used to detect and protect a Web site from attempts to flood it with too many requests. It also allows to protect the site from automatic downloading many pages or files from the same IP address, session ID or other unique identifier. The detection of flood is determine according to a set of parameters indicating the maximal allowed number of requests for the certain time interval. It is possible to set several parameters at once in order to perform more effective protection. The package uses various storage containers (regular files, DB, MDB, MDB2) to handle counter logs.
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Vagharshak Tozalakyan (lead)	External Package Homepage RSS release feed View Download Statistics