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[Johnie]

hello guys..

My site currently being ddos. I have turned on captcha server in front of webserver since its not being able to hold the apache for a short time. The problem is the attacker has changed their attack into the captcha so it won't functioning properly that had caused my visitors failed to enter our site.

What can i do onto the captcha server? Or maybe can i get captcha protection from other hosting BUT still using my captcha server?

Thanks for help

[IRCCo Jeff]

CAPTCHA is a really old and rather ineffective method of DDoS filtration. Last I saw it in use by any mitigation provider was probably 2007 or 2008.

You need to find a way to detect and mitigate the attack at the network without using any kind of intercept.

[shawn_linux]

I dont think captcha can stop ddos ..Better you buy a good cisco firewall to stop any attack.