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Re: Thwarting DoS attacks

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On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 09:41:17 -0600, "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
wrote in <ad34l0Fka06U1@mid.individual.net>:

>   For the past many months I have been undergoing DoS attacks whereby a 
>person(s)
>bypasses the 'manual' way of 'clicking' and downloading, and instead, 
>automates this
>process with a program to begin many downloads simultaneously

Try putting in a 'human check' by making the link a form with a Captcha
test.

K.

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Thwarting DoS attacks "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-10-03 09:41 -0600
  Re: Thwarting DoS attacks Dr.Kral@nyc.rr.com - 2012-10-03 14:29 -0400
    Re: Thwarting DoS attacks "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-10-03 14:39 -0600
  Re: Thwarting DoS attacks Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-03 14:49 -0700
    Re: Thwarting DoS attacks "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-10-03 18:15 -0600
      Re: Thwarting DoS attacks Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-03 17:26 -0700
  Re: Thwarting DoS attacks Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-10-03 22:13 +0000
    Re: Thwarting DoS attacks "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-10-03 18:20 -0600
  Re: Thwarting DoS attacks dann90038@gmail.com - 2012-10-03 15:45 -0700
    Re: Thwarting DoS attacks "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-10-03 18:24 -0600
  Re: Thwarting DoS attacks Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-04 00:51 +0200
    Re: Thwarting DoS attacks "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-10-03 18:28 -0600

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