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Anonymous
August 7, 2008
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block multiple attempts from a single IP address

  • August 7, 2008
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Hi, is there a way to block multiple attempts from a single IP address? If so are there examples out there on how to?

Thank you in advance
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    Dan_Bracuk
    Inspiring
    August 7, 2008
    You can log the attempts, read the logs, and decide what to do with the information.

    The logs can be either text files or database records. Make sure you timestamp the records. Ian has already told you how to get the IP address.
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    Dan_Bracuk
    Inspiring
    August 7, 2008
    Your question is not clear.
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    Anonymous
    August 7, 2008
    Sorry for the short post earlier. Here's my problem; someone is trying to test the validity of credit cards by submitting low balance transactions through my payment gateway. I've already contacted payment processor to implement fraud protection but my question is can I do anything at the code level to block multiple attempts from the same IP?
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    Anonymous
    August 7, 2008
    As Ian previously mentioned, you may use the cgi remote address and compare it against the IP that is giving you trouble.

    From there, you can do disable certain features, do a relocation, etc.

    In addition, you can look up the provider that serves the IP by using a whois. If its on a provider in an area/country that you do not service, you can block out the entire service provider based on their range of IP's. This will eliminate the possibility of the same user returning to your site with a dynamic ip.
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    Newsgroup_User
    Inspiring
    August 7, 2008
    nkfweb wrote:
    > Hi, is there a way to block multiple attempts from a single IP address? If so are there examples out there on how to?
    >
    > Thank you in advance

    You can use the cgi scope to determine the IP address and then do what
    you will with this knowledge.
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