Manual: Settings-HackDetection

The HackDetection Settings controls the function and operation of the HackDetection mechanism, as follows:

Delay

When a single IP Address has exceeded the allowable Hits during the specified Interval, the page response (answer) will be delayed by a Delay number of seconds, The actual delay is computed as Delay*(page-accesses/Hits), which will cause the actual response delay to gradually increase (to act as a deterrent).

Default is 5

Hacking

Establishes the number of distrnct page Hits within the Interval that are permitted before the accessing IP Address is reported as a source of Hacking efforts. If the number of Hacking efforts increases beyond acceptable limits, the IP Address is subject to IP Blockage at the RidgeStar firewall, which will prohibit any access to any RidgeStar Service.

Default is 50

Hits

The number of Hits that defines the maximum allowable page accesses for each individual page during the specified Interval.

Default is 10

Interval

Establishes the period of time relative to the then current time that Hits will be counted.

Default is -5 minutes

PageNames

Default is empty (none specified)