On 9/18/05, Aviram Jenik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you choose the last, feel free to write a quick script (I won't say in what > programming language) to automatically block IP's that appear in the log > files as failed logins. This block should be automatically lifted after 30-60 > minutes to allow you to make mistakes once in a while. Google for portsentry > for an example of such a script, but writing one from scratch should be just > as easy.
I'm pretty sure I saw in one of the debian "testing" updates a program which does just that (temporarily block hosts which appear in log files), can't find it right now though so you'll have to do the digging for yourself. Cheers, --Amos ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
