You should be aware that any such "protection" makes for an easy DoS attack. If I don't like you, I'll just repeatedly try to log in using your name. The "protection script" kicks in, and you will be denied access later on.

Using an IP number doesn't prevent the DoS attack, as there's little relation between a user and the IP address. I'm typing this from a company with about 50,000 employees - just in this country, a multitude of them worldwide. And they all use a small set of proxies. There isn't even one located in the country I'm typing this in.

Abigail

In reply to Re: brute force protection by Abigail-II
in thread brute force protection by Gerryjun

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