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Features of Pennywize

  • Will protect your whole site from password traders and brute force attacks

  • [New] Will protect your site from proxy based attacks

  • [New] Set per-day bandwidth limits to stop legit users leeching your site.

  • Simple installation - takes less than 5 minutes to install and will work for you instantly.

  • Will protect your site from mass proxy abuse

  • You nominate the URL you would like to send all logins under disabled accounts to. This feature is used by many webmasters who purposely get themselves listed on password sites to generate huge amounts of traffic to banner advertising pages.

  • Completely Automated - Once installed Pennywize will protect your site 24 hours a day and will notify you by email of all actions it takes.

  • Resource Friendly - Pennywize requires virtually no overhead and will not bog your server down

  • Full Statistics - As well as protecting your site, you will also be able to view reports about which members are logging into your members section and how much they are downloading. These are archived for 30 days.

  • Exempt Account - You can define accounts which are never to be disabled by Pennywize.

  • Friendly dedicated support staff available via email to answer all your enquiries.

Pennywize System Requirements

  • Works on all unix systems (Extensively tested with FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS/Solaris, BSDi) as well as Rhapsody on the PowerPC

  • Perl 5.003 or greater

  • Designed for Apache web server but works flawlessly with Netscape servers

  • Mod_rewrite Apache module required.

  • Can be installed by a trained technician if required (free of charge)

Pennywize Installation

Once you sign up for Pennywize, you will have instant access to the Pennywize members administration area. From here, you can download the Pennywize client onto your PC, change a few of the settings, and FTP it onto your website. You will then be required to add a few lines to your web server’s configuration file. Unlike many other systems, you will not have to place code on any of your pages or touch your website in any way.

Step by Step installation instructions are available from the members administration area. Alternately, let us install it for you free of charge.