Okay...

I'm using AuthDBI as authentication handler, but now I would like to modify AuthDBI so it can block brute force password attacks.

A simple approach would be to take the IP address of the incoming connection insert it into a database then do a: "select count(id) from access_log where IP = $ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} AND timestamped (last 10 minutes)" and block the access according to whatever rules...

The problem seems to be getting $ENV{REMOTE_ADDR}. I've read some old posts by Doug MacEachern where he states that mod_env isn't available during the authentication stage.

Has this situation changed recently? Is there a way to get the IP address from the $r handler, or is there another way to secure against brute force password attacks while still using DBI to authenticate?

Thanks!!!

Tosh

In reply to Apache::AuthDBI, environment variables and brute force by tosh

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