Re: [PHP] Detecting massive web hits
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Angela Barone wrote: > Does anyone know if there's a ready-made script that detects if > someone hits multiple web pages within seconds of each other and then can > temporarily ban them by IP from accessing our site? > > Looking through the logs, I see someone/something hit each and > every page of a site I work on within only a few seconds of each other. I > seriously doubt they are a customer. ;) > > I'd appreciate any insights. > > Thank you, > Angela > > Just to be sure, are you sure it is not a spider? (Google, Bing, etc) You can detect with the user agent. If it is, you can most likely switch some settings. - Matijn
Re: [PHP] Detecting massive web hits
12 apr 2013 kl. 17.23 skrev Angela Barone: > Does anyone know if there's a ready-made script that detects if someone > hits multiple web pages within seconds of each other and then can temporarily > ban them by IP from accessing our site? > > Looking through the logs, I see someone/something hit each and every > page of a site I work on within only a few seconds of each other. I > seriously doubt they are a customer. ;) > > I'd appreciate any insights. > > Thank you, > Angela > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > Maybe Fail2ban is what you are looking for? http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page /frank -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Detecting massive web hits
Nginx has builtin support for this and I assume, that there is something similar for Apache. I don't think PHP is the right tool. Am 12.04.2013 17:24 schrieb "Angela Barone" : > Does anyone know if there's a ready-made script that detects if > someone hits multiple web pages within seconds of each other and then can > temporarily ban them by IP from accessing our site? > > Looking through the logs, I see someone/something hit each and > every page of a site I work on within only a few seconds of each other. I > seriously doubt they are a customer. ;) > > I'd appreciate any insights. > > Thank you, > Angela > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
Re: [PHP] Detecting massive web hits
I don't know exactly how search engine spiders work, but just be cautious to not block these "users", they aren't customers but they may bring you some =). Again, I don't know if this is your case, but the possibility sparked on my mind anyway. Cheers. On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Angela Barone wrote: > Does anyone know if there's a ready-made script that detects if > someone hits multiple web pages within seconds of each other and then can > temporarily ban them by IP from accessing our site? > > Looking through the logs, I see someone/something hit each and > every page of a site I work on within only a few seconds of each other. I > seriously doubt they are a customer. ;) > > I'd appreciate any insights. > > Thank you, > Angela > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
[PHP] Detecting massive web hits
Does anyone know if there's a ready-made script that detects if someone hits multiple web pages within seconds of each other and then can temporarily ban them by IP from accessing our site? Looking through the logs, I see someone/something hit each and every page of a site I work on within only a few seconds of each other. I seriously doubt they are a customer. ;) I'd appreciate any insights. Thank you, Angela -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
