# Introduction on

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# Installing mCaptcha on your website

/docs/introduction/installing-captcha/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/docs/introduction/installing-captcha/mCaptcha can protect your website from DDoS attacks. In this guide we&rsquo;ll explore how to install mCaptcha on your website. The end result will be something like this, on your website: For the purpose of this demo, we will be using demo.mcaptcha.org, a demo instance running in @realaravinth&rsquo;s bedroom(for this same reason, it shouldn&rsquo;t be used for anything serious) 1. Create an account and sign into the mCaptcha dashboard Head over to demo.

# Configuring Difficulty Factor

/docs/introduction/configuring-difficulty-factor/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/docs/introduction/configuring-difficulty-factor/mCaptcha is highly responsive to detecting DDoS attacks. Admins are advised to take advantage of it by setting low difficulty factors for normal traffic levels for their website. Lowest advisable difficulty factor is 5000. For instance, if it is normal for my website to get 2000 requests for every 30 seconds, I will set a cool down period of 30 seconds and the first level of difficulty configuration will have a visitor threshold of 2000 with a difficulty factor of 5000.