Hey, I need to filter out requests with certain PHP value in HTACCESS and I cant find how to do that.
The problem is there is someone spamming my site with special PHP value and it keeps my server overloaded.
The URL is www.site.com/?q=XXXXX. I need to filter out all requests like this (with ?q=XXXX) and redirect them to homepage instead.
I tried this but it doesnt work properly (there is a loop).
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} q=(.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.site.com
Thanks
why dont u clean out whatever is being put into the _GET value? (using php)
at the top of the php file put something like:
if(isset($_GET['q'])){
header('Location: homepage.php');
}
The URL is www.site.com/?q=XXXXX. I need to filter out all requests like this (with ?q=XXXX) and redirect them to homepage instead. which means u dont want the get value of q=...$_SERVER values and check the uri in php to make sure they are accessing it correctlyIf someone is spamming you hard enough to overload your server you should look at blocking their IP address/addresses or something along those lines if possible.
Also I would suggest letting those requests die() rather than making them send you another request when they load your homepage. Or maybe keep them busy by redirecting to a domain that doesn't exist or something but that may or may not have an impact on them.
have you thought about counting "X"? if the ?q=X == true, continue, otherwise if q>9 then you know someone is messing with it and restrict them
