There are some solutions to the brute force, but no matter what you do (as far as I know) you can't stop the "server request" that are generated by the scripts they use.
PennyWize doesn't stop the attacks, it just catches the multiple uses, in fact there are many sites on the list using PennyWize that are still wide open.
Ulffie I know how you feel, a lot of surfing to be done!
Amazing how many sites look alike!
Tons of the same content!
No wonder it is getting harder to convince surfers to give a site a try.