I hate to be a dick to someone trying to help, but, maybe you should sign up to an account and check to see if we have these features yet before getting all up in arms about us not having them, haha.
That said, I always welcome constructive criticism, and as you guys who helped beta test it know, we bend over backwards to implement suggestions.
That said, I always welcome constructive criticism, and as you guys who helped beta test it know, we bend over backwards to implement suggestions.
Nicky, here's my suggestion. This one's free.
User has a PHP script on their end which connects to your server and passes through $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] (the viewer's IP). Your server replies with a YES/NO based on the criteria they choose.
If you're afraid of your servers going down and their landing page not loading, you can easily add:
1) A timeout on replies from your server.
2) Integrate your uptime script on the PHP script to ping YOUR servers.
3) Just setup a failover system with 2 load balancers -> 3-4 application servers, and you'll never need to worry about your system going down. Load balancers can handle DDoS attacks themselves.