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How to block an IP, if getting many http requests in a second

If some one tried force burst attack on my website, how can I block them? I mean, I want to block an IP if I have many http/Apache requests in a second. Thanks in advance.
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I think I accidentally DoS'd a website. What should I do?

I was browsing a website, and stumbled across a sample scheme for password-protecting web pages. The owner of the website specifically had a page that invited people to attempt to hack it. I wanted ...
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Protecting against DOS attacks

Our current site is easily DOS'd. I can perform an AB test against it from Apache and it disappears for about 5-10 minutes. We have been having problems with others DOSing the site - to the point ...
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Combat Apache Killer

Three days ago, KingCope released a simple Perl script to DoS Apache, aptly named Apache Killer. This script launches about 50 threads to request Partial Content from the server with optional GZIP ...