Password traders & Proxies

[Hellpuppy]

Strongbox will do the job, but it's a sledgehammer solution and is NOT seamless to the users.

I also like Pennywize, have used it for years on most of our paysites with great success. It also lets you limit the number of bytes that a user can get per day. This can contain the spiders.

[SirMoby]

Originally Posted by Hellpuppy

Strongbox will do the job, but it's a sledgehammer solution and is NOT seamless to the users.

That's an interesting statement. It's true that a standard form now collects the username a password instead of the web browsers authentication popup but that's it. It acutally looks more integrated into my site.

When I was running Pennywizw I got complaint emails almost daily. Now I think I've had 1 surfer have issues in over 6 months.

I have heard good things about ProxyPass.

[Hellpuppy]

Originally Posted by SirMoby

That's an interesting statement. It's true that a standard form now collects the username a password instead of the web browsers authentication popup but that's it. It acutally looks more integrated into my site.

When I was running Pennywizw I got complaint emails almost daily. Now I think I've had 1 surfer have issues in over 6 months.

I have heard good things about ProxyPass.

I've ran pennywize since 1998 or so even back when it was a CGI you ran locally. And this has included some very busy sites, and the only complaints I've heard are from people who are trying to cheat. Since it works by scanning the logs and doesn't redirect the user until thresholds are exceeded, this is as I would expect.

I'll admit that I tend to stick with things that work until such time as they cease to work for me. So, I may have a bit of bias just due to longevity. Heck, I still use mkstats.

However, there are tons of good solutions out there to choose from, strongbox certainly among them. Your mileage may vary.