You could also set up authentication using the .htaccess. That way the site will be available to anyone but only your family would have access and would be able to generate significant load. Regards Bram > Mazda Motor Logistics Europe NV, Blaasveldstraat 162, B-2830 Willebroek VAT BE 0406.024.281, RPR Mechelen, ING 310-0092504-52, IBAN : BE64 3100 0925 0452, SWIFT : BBRUBEBB -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Krautkramer, John > Sent: donderdag 25 juni 2009 17:45 > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: RE: Identifying and Stopping Unwanted Net Traffic > > Yes that will work for those on my home network. But I have family from > out of state that also uses the site and that would block them. From a > google search I believe I could use something like the Apache .htaccess > directory protection. > > Thanks for the input! > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of mark > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:16 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Identifying and Stopping Unwanted Net Traffic > > Krautkramer, John wrote: > > > > Thanks for the help on this! I found the problem is this web server > was > > intended for use by my family only, not the whole world which appears > to > > have found it. Checking the apache logs I found much more activity > than > > it should be getting. Now I have a new project, to figure out how to > > limit usage to only those that I want. > > > > Thanks again for the help!! > > You need to block inbound traffic *except* from your internal home net. > > mark > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
