mod_dosevasive v1.6: Apache DoS Evasive Maneuvers Module

["Jonathan A. Zdziarski" <jonathan@networkdweebs.com>]

Date: 8/6/2003 @ 17:30
Version: 1.6

Website URL: http://www.networkdweebs.com/stuff/security.html
Download URL: http://www.networkdweebs.com/stuff/mod_dosevasive.tar.gz

Description:

mod_dosevasive is a module for Apache 1.3 giving Apache the ability to
detect and fend off request-based DoS/DDoS attacks and brute-force attacks
conserving your system resources and bandwidth. mod_dosevasive can be
configured to communicate via commandline with ipchains, firewalls, or any
other such managed device to stop the attack at the network layer.  

Changes:

Version 1.6 incorporates syslog support on top of the existing email and
commandline mechanisms for reporting/managing events.