Re: Favorite way to ban an IP from your webserver?

["Bill Horne-12" <user=1521@nabble.blu.org>]

 eric c wrote: 
> After poking through my logs today I notice what appears to be an 
> automated scan.  Asking for all sorts of stuff that doesn't exist on 
> my system.  I also see another fellow entering values in on of my 
> forms. About 8 times a second.  So I'm wondering what is the most 
> simple to understand yet effective way to ban those I suspect of 
> douchebagery. Firewall drop all?  Mod_rewrite?  It's not a serious 
> website.  Just a toy.  Thanks for any tips. 
> 
> Eric C. 
>