best way to limit # of attempts to login to protected page?

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = If I want to restrict the number of times someone can attempt to login to a protected page, what is the best way?...update a db field (with an incrementally counting number: +1 for every attempt) in a record whose key field is their IPADDRESS? And when it hits the threshhold # then disallow that IP from trying again? Then use a trigger to delete records older than (24) hours...? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: best way to limit # of attempts to login to protected page? (Anup Setty 2000)
  2. Re: best way to limit # of attempts to login to protected page? (John Butler 2000)
  3. Re: best way to limit # of attempts to login to protected page? (Anup Setty 2000)
  4. Re: best way to limit # of attempts to login to protected page? (John Butler 2000)
  5. Re: best way to limit # of attempts to login to protected page? (Anup Setty 2000)
  6. Re: best way to limit # of attempts to login to protected page? (James Howarth 2000)
  7. best way to limit # of attempts to login to protected page? (John Butler 2000)
If I want to restrict the number of times someone can attempt to login to a protected page, what is the best way?...update a db field (with an incrementally counting number: +1 for every attempt) in a record whose key field is their IPADDRESS? And when it hits the threshhold # then disallow that IP from trying again? Then use a trigger to delete records older than (24) hours...? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ John Butler

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