From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 31 03:53:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36C6416A400 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:53:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3304B43D45 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:53:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (banyan.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.5]) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k2V3qhg5047158 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:52:43 +0700 (ICT) Received: (from on@localhost) by banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.3/8.12.11) id k2V3qgoo096601; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:52:42 +0700 (ICT) Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:52:42 +0700 (ICT) Message-Id: <200603310352.k2V3qgoo096601@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> From: Olivier Nicole To: nawcom@gmail.com In-reply-to: (message from nawcom on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:12:11 -0500) References: X-Virus-Scanned: on CSIM by amavisd-milter (http://www.amavis.org/) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw secure setup for ssh bruteforcers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:53:06 -0000 > admin said that doing this can be bad, especially when > the kiddy is connected to a large network like a company or university; I > may block other people who aren't guilty of the act. (which makes sense) I know I have no problem with blocking one IP from a larger network, nor even blocking the full block. That can help to raise awarness in that block that they have miss behaving users. Bests, Olivier