Auto blacklist ssh connections ...

[Andrew D (Webzone)]

Howdy,

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HTH
cya
Andrew


DA Forsyth wrote:
> On 17 Sep 2008 , freebsd-questions-request at freebsd.org entreated 
> about
>  "freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 233, Issue 7":
> 
>> Does anyone know of a utility that I can use with sshd to auto-block by IP if
>> there are more then N failed attempts in a row?
> 
> yes, 'pf' the packet filter.
> http://home.nuug.no/~peter/pf/en/bruteforce.html
> (but you really should read the tutorial from the beginning)
> 
> 
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>        DA Fo rsyth            Network Supervisor
> Principal Technical Officer -- Institute for Water Research
> http://www.ru.ac.za/institutes/iwr/
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