If your target is protect freebsd box from bruting passwords from inet maybe
security/knockd will help you?
19.09.2011, 23:05, "James Strother" :
> Does anyone know a good way of limiting the number of ssh attempts
> from a single IP address?
>
> I found the following website, which describes a
y, for this particular server, I need to be able to
> provide a simple way for (a very limited number of) users to login
> into the system remotely using a variety of OS platforms. So I don't
> think port knocking is a good fit here.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> 2011/9/19 Григ