connection rate limitation for sshd - is it possible ?

[xdavid at lib-eth.natur.cuni.cz]

Hi all,

please, is there a way to limit the number of connections to openssh 
daemon per time period per source ip address ? I am using this on linux 
boxes with iptables, but couldn't figure out how to do this with IPF on 
FreeBSD. If it is not possible, is there another way how to do this ? Or 
do you think it is (un)wise to run sshd under inetd with "-C" switch or 
"max-connections-per-ip-per-minute" parameter ?

Thanks in advance,

   David Komanek