[yellow_lead]

I don't think there's a reasonably possible way that meets both criteria (reject others and allow me) aside from hacking the server altogether.

What someone might do, as others suggested, is script it. They could also try to geolocate themselves closely to the webserver (by renting a VPS nearby maybe). The server error could be from someone's script. It doesn't take much to cause 500 errors if clients are not ratelimited. Tell him to add ratelimiting.

[codingcall]

Thank you, the developer behind the website had know idea about ratelimiting, and myself thought this is only use with an api. I will look into that, but do you really think if someone is geographically close to the server that they have a better advantage to those coming from other countries? I mean this could be one of the things to consider in order to give an equal chance for all applicants.

Thanks again