Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:40:48 -0700 From: Tom Vilot <tom@vilot.com> To: murraytaylor@bytecraftsystems.com Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: High levels of breakin attempts Message-ID: <41E366E0.5070504@vilot.com> In-Reply-To: <002101c4f79e$f3233200$c82aa8c0@LTTAYLORMNEW> References: <002101c4f79e$f3233200$c82aa8c0@LTTAYLORMNEW>
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Murray Taylor wrote: >I havent checked forsure but could sysutils/ipa help. > >it can 'open/close' firewalls upon certain limit conditions... > > The closest thing I have seen is portsentry. However, portsentry is a different beast. I don't think it "knows" about attempts to log in via ssh. In other words ... I don't think portsentry can say "Hey!! Wait a sec. There are no users such as those. In fact, this server doesn't allow logins from ANYONE except X Y and Z via ssh keys .... Okay, time to block this bonehead ....."
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