Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:11:32 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Blocking SSH Brute-Force Attacks: What Am I Doing Wrong? Message-ID: <17752.28420.419823.493141@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20061113060528.GA7646@best.com> References: <20061113060528.GA7646@best.com>
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Leo L. Schwab writes: > A little Googling revealed a couple of potentially useful > tools: 'sshit' and 'bruteblock', both of which notice repeated > login attempts from a given IP address and blackhole it in the > firewall. There's also "denyhosts". I found the configuration annoying (need to correctly modify too many files) but once it's running it works for me. Robert Huff
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