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WiredGuy · 10-01-2002, 01:49 AM

Hi,

While this would stop some brute force attackers, it won't prevent them all. A lot of times an attacker will use a parser and not just rely on the status code the server provides. It will stop a lot of attackers, I do give you credit for that, but parser based sniffers won't be fooled.

Either way, this is a good and inexpensive solution to at least cut down on brute force, not eliminate it but to at least cut back on server hits.

WG

10-01-2002, 01:49 AM
WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,486	Hi, While this would stop some brute force attackers, it won't prevent them all. A lot of times an attacker will use a parser and not just rely on the status code the server provides. It will stop a lot of attackers, I do give you credit for that, but parser based sniffers won't be fooled. Either way, this is a good and inexpensive solution to at least cut down on brute force, not eliminate it but to at least cut back on server hits. WG __________________ I play with Google.