Today I feel like talking about limiting connections which get made to a server. There are a few ways to do it; some cooler than others. I'd like to feature some open source software while I'm at it.
Today I happened upon
this thread which hilariously got closed for good reason. Once you wade through all the crap you'll see some pretty cool posts which explain how to limit incoming connections within a certain time period and other suggestions. I'll point out the most useful related...