Blocking client based on HTTP request

[Sandman]

So, as my other thread may suggest, I have problems with users flooding
my server with requests for /wpad.dat

Is there an easy way to use iptables to trigger on those requests and
then add the IP to a blacklist?

[David Hough]

Post by Sandman
So, as my other thread may suggest, I have problems with users flooding
my server with requests for /wpad.dat
Is there an easy way to use iptables to trigger on those requests and
then add the IP to a blacklist?

Try fail2ban <http://www.fail2ban.org> as one possible candidate.

I've not yet tried to use it but it's on my to-do list.

Dave