pennywise problems?

[SteveLightspeed]

We are hearing reports that pennywise is having problems that started this weekend.

Anyone have any news about this?

[necoeds]

My pennywize account is all screwy.... people were breaking in no problem over the weekend... eating up all kinds of b/w.... I think it's all working now though....

[chowda]

i hate their music

[SteveLightspeed]

bump

[gothweb]

This is why I don't like any solution that depends on a central server. That and extortionate monthly pricing.

[PenetratinP]

Originally posted by gothweb
This is why I don't like any solution that depends on a central server. That and extortionate monthly pricing.

what do you use? I'm going to need something soon.

[Sama]

Highly recommend Stop That Hacker 1 Time Price, Great Support.

[fantasyman]

One time fee, guaranteed install - always works!!

http://passwordcop.com

[PxG]

www.proxypass.com

ask around....it just works.....

[BV]

Originally posted by Lightspeed
We are hearing reports that pennywise is having problems that started this weekend.

Anyone have any news about this?

You use pennywise??? lol

Get proxypass dude!

Cheers,
BV

[Shoplifter]

I lost 200+ passes to a lengthy brute force last week on a Pennywized site. I'm still picking up the pieces.

[BVF]

pennywize is working fine for me....blocking muthafuckas as usual

[Dirty D]

I have several custom scripts available.

One limits successful logins - x times in y amount of time
One limits brute force attacks - x tries from each IP
One hides all cgi and password files from robots
One redirects all traffic from password sites to pop up hell

These scripts have cut 50% off of my bandwidth usage.
I have the mrtg graphs from my unmetered server to show it!

All members are valididated and all attackers get sent to pop up hell... o yes, retribution is sweet...

These are custom perl scripts, they work very very well on active sites without loading down your server.

I will work with you to install all of these scripts for $300 for a single domain and we can negotiate a multi domain license. Your bandwidth savings should pay for this software in three months or in my case, much less.

My sites routinely block 60-120 IP addresses of brute force attackers... Automaticly of course. That represents a bunch of extra traffic cause each IP can generate a huge number of login attemps.... Remember, fast servers sell and slow servers suck!

I have complete control and logging of the blacklists and blocked IP addresses.

Hit me up if you are serious about eliminating your monthly bills to Pennywize (or other less complete solution) and locking down your site much more aggressively.

Dirty D
[email protected]

[Swoit]

Pennywize is working great for us - no complaints at all.

[Kevin2]

We use Strong Box and it has proven itself to be an excellent product. You can find out more about it here Strong Box

[BrettJ]

yeh we've been disabling far too many accounts - it's a combination shotty logic and shitty ISPs.

proxypass uses the same logic.

going to check out password cop now

[imageman]

I use http://www.botbuster.com
We had 665 attempted hacks to-day all failed. Seems to work great., no monthly fees. You pay for it its yours for the life of the site.

[SpeakEasy]

Originally posted by Swoit
Pennywize is working great for us - no complaints at all.

Same here, no problems at all.
Must be something on your end lightspeed..

[raymor]

Originally posted by Kevin2
We use Strong Box and it has proven itself to be an excellent product. You can find out more about it here Strong Box

StrongBox is different from the scripts others have
mentioned in 3 major ways.
First, rather than trying to strengthen basic user/pass
authorization, StrongBox does away with it entirely and
replaces it with a cryptographically secure
authorization mechanism.
RFC 2617 is the standard for the old fashioned
user/pass method that those scripts still use.
Basic user/pass is, according to the author of the standard,
"not considered to be a secure method of user authentication".
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2617.txt
So the gray popup, user/pass idea was not
designed to be secure. StrongBox uses a
method that IS cryptographically secure.

Second, StrongBox is priced MUCH more reasonably,
at only $65 for pay sites or $35 for AVS sites.
This compares to $300-$500 for far less secure approaches.

Third, and most important, by eliminating the username/password
authentication, StrongBox is compatible with the
newest versions of Microsoft Media Player.
The newest versions of Media Player WILL NOT
stream video protected by any other script
mentioned. ONLY StrongBox provides protection
for your videos.

StrongBox also provides an open, extensible API.
Available plugins include anti-slurp plugins to
keep people from downloading your whole site and
many other benefits.

More info can be found at:
http://www.webmastersguide.com/htaccess-cgi/strongbox/

[drops]

PennyWise?

Steve come on now..

You get what you pay for dude.

[gothweb]

Originally posted by PenetratinP


what do you use? I'm going to need something soon.

What I use doesn't have the same functionality, but it works for about $60 one-time fee.... PasswordSentry.