Store the cgi.remoate_addr and the current date/time in a database. It should be easy to go from there. If you dont want to do that... you can try something like this... http://acoderslife.com/downloads/bhcaptcha/
..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -----Original Message----- From: Ron Gowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 12:47 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: preventing multiple form submissions captcha may be an option, though probably not the best for a search feature: http://www.alagad.com/ On 11/8/05, Protoculture <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > we would like to limit the amount of times a user may search/ie use our > search facility as we think that we may be under some kind of script attack > at the moment. > > What would be some solutions to prevent a certain number of form > submissions from taking place in a given period of time? > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/164 - Release Date: 11/9/2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:223744 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54