Alternatives to Pennywize...
 

After using Pennywize for a few months I am finding it does jack squat against commited brute force hackers.

If the guy has a lot of proxies, or repeats IP's slowly he always gets through.

I have it set to block any IP for 3000 seconds if there are more than 3 attempts, but if I look at the files created for rewrite in the pennywize directory they are present for no more than 2 minutes.
As far as I can tell it doesn't work; we have a support request in but I don't see what we are doing wrong.

So what can we use? We need something that will block proxy attacks and also excessive multiple id logins WITHOUT pissing off all of our AOL users.



:helpme

I like Password Sentry. Doesn't stop the brute force attacks, but makes having a password used by more than one person useless.

I agree, password sentry does a good job.

It doesn't hurt that it is far less expensive than any of the alternatives, and the guy who wrote it actually gives good support.

If you dont want to pay monthly fees try Bot Buster at http://www.botbuster.com amazing program at a fraction of the cost of Pennywise.

Cindyxx

i keep two juiced up guidos at the door not letting unautoirized people in

I use password sentry,proxy pass and I am very happy with both.

how many times i have to write here !!

make your sites DONT BRUTEFORCABLE !!!

i will write a F.A.Q very soon.. for this

Shoplifter

Hit me up on ICQ - we work with the techies @ pennywize on some related stuff, I'll pass your details on for you asap.

they are good guys and will help you tweak it to get it working right.

Check out http://www.stopthathacker.com It's been around for 7 years and does it all.

Hugs,
Danielle

Look at Protector Pro - it's a module from our affiliate software!

any more?

Labret and I agreed on something in this thread. :warning :warning :warning

You should run spell check on your cheesy site selling your cheesy script.

Hugs,

p00p

Try iProt. It stops proxy attacks fairly well, but I think he is developing a new version that is better at it. It is compiled into Apache and it has no load on your server at all. You don't even know it is running.....

Shoplifter, check this one out.
http://www.proxypass.com/

Alternatives to Pennywize...


make a freesite :BangBang:

Proxypass. I had days where it blocked distributed brute force attempts carried out over 80k anon proxies.

I recently found a new program:

Investment Guard ($139.95)

http://realtimescripts.com/docs/investment_guard.htm

I haven't used it yet, but the features sound cool.

Iprot and Password Sentry are a pretty good combination for me.

we have Protector Pro listed at www.paysiteplugins.com
I dont know how good they are, but you could check them out here:
http://wmcgi.com/protector/

re's

Bucho!

Any more Qs about www.ProxyPass.com contact us thru our contact page.

http://www.proxypass.com/ppass.php?page=contact

Best regards and good luck,
PxG

:thumbsup

p00p,

http://www.stopthathacker.com may have a very basic site design but the scripts are AAAAA+++ and have stood the test of time. They have been protecting many sites including lot's of the big boys for over 7 years now. Plus our records show you have never even purchased a copy. So you are speaking out your ass and not from experience. LOL!

Your name fits you perfect. LOL! But to be honest I am really begining to feel very sorry for you.

You have so much crap built up in you...... Maybe you need a box of xlax? Or are you really as pathetic as you pretend to be? Has life been so bad to you that this has become your nature?

You are married to....... I can't remember her name at the moment. But she has an amateur site. Correct?

Danielle