[SOLVED] is there a way to detect on a password form a hack attempt, or pressing submit

[silverglade]

hi, is there a way to detect on a password form a hack attempt, or pressing submit alot? i was thinking i could write a script that detects how many times the submit button was pressed on my form. other than that i cant think of a way to detect hack attempts. any help greatly appreciated. thank you. derek.

[abazoskib]

you could store the ip address of the person who is clicking the submit button. if the same ip is clicking you could impose a wait time using a database.

[mikesta707]

Detecting "hack" attempts is a pretty broad topic, but for your specific case (IE detecting multiple login attempts) you could have a session store how many times they fail to log in (or a cookie if you want, but it would be mroe secure with a session) You could also use abazoskibs idea of storing the ip address.

[Alex]

It's not all to secure with a session either, generally to clear their session all they need to do is restart their browser.

[mikesta707]

true, but its slightly better than a cookie, which they can simply change by going to its file or using a javascript injection. at least they have to close and reopen the browser haha. might deter the lazy hacker. I would probably go with some sort of database option like abazoskib said

[silverglade]

ok thank you, i dont know how to do that in code yet, hehe, but thank you for telling me how to do it. derek