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"Chris St Denis" <chris@aebc.com> writes:

> How can I easily auto deny after x failed attempts? Is this an sshd setting?
> I could find it.
>
> Is there something in ports that will firewall off somebody who is brute
> forcing?

With PF, it's fairly easy to set up with max-src-conn, max-src-conn-rate
overload <tableofbadbuys> in your pass rule.  See pf.conf(5) for
details.  There's probably some magic around to make this doable with
other firewalls as well.

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