Hybridized System Benefits
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And I've attained that ability to thwart exploits earlier and much more effectively on two fronts as well.
| • | I can instruct the web server to reject a remote host. |
| • | I can firewall the remote host or it's entire subnet. |
| • | None of these were effectively possible prior to the retrofit and reload because I was getting inadequate log information. |
It would seem that the world could be a kinder, gentler place and forego those antics like scraping, SQL injection, and other ploys others have designed to either insert a control mechanism or damage or otherwise deface the presence of others.
Inasmuch as the elimination of this tendency by those who perpetrate such shenanagans is unlikely; I must remain content to eliminate them from the equation altogether.
This has nothing to do with the fact that web server exploiter like spammers and other netizens who are arrogant and abusive should be reigned in at each and every opportunity.
It's merely the fact that I'm going to terminate such goings on as exploits, scraping, and the like with extreme prejudice because I decline to let those perpetrators get over on me just because they would. I'm as tolerant as the next guy but BEHAVE or BEGONE !