Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:40:54 -0400 From: Glenn Sieb <ges+lists@wingfoot.org> To: Rich Healey <healey.rich@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH Brute Force attempts Message-ID: <48E19FC6.7050105@wingfoot.org> In-Reply-To: <48E16E93.3090601@gmail.com> References: <48E16E93.3090601@gmail.com>
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Rich Healey said the following on 9/29/08 8:10 PM:
> Recently I'm getting a lot of brute force attempts on my server, in the
> past I've used various tips and tricks with linux boxes but many of them
> were fairly linux specific.
>
> What do you BSD guys use for this purpose?
>
> If this belongs on -security let me know and I'll ask over there.
Hi Rich!
I use DenyHosts (/usr/ports/security/denyhosts) and it works great.. :)
Best,
--Glenn
--
...destination is merely a byproduct of the journey
--Eric Hansen
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