ssh lockout after # of failed attempts

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Fri Apr 1 15:57:41 PST 2005


On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 01:12:22PM -0500, Super Daemon wrote:
> is there a way to configure ssh lockout after # of failed attempts on
> server running freebsd 5.3Release??? i would like to be able to lock
> by account or IP address for a certain time period after a certain
> number of failed ssh login attemps.  I'm not on the list so please CC:
> me.

Sounds like a great way for someone to lock you out of your machine!

Kris
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