From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 15 00:01:45 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BA3B16A40F for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:01:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF08113C459 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:01:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 10375 invoked from network); 15 Jan 2007 11:01:44 +1100 Received: from 203-214-150-45.perm.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.214.150.45) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 15 Jan 2007 11:01:44 +1100 Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:01:41 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: Norberto Meijome Message-ID: <20070115110141.7c96e3b2@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070115105347.391e6d41@localhost> References: <2cd0a0da0701121343g7fa2535fv4a7b201f5a03aff2@mail.gmail.com> <45AA40A2.2000906@locolomo.org> <20070115105347.391e6d41@localhost> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.7.0 (GTK+ 2.10.7; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD-Questions , VeeJay Subject: Re: Please Help! How to STOP them... 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: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:01:45 -0000 On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:53:47 +1100 Norberto Meijome wrote: > I would add to limit the number of passwords retries - so if they want to > hammer you, at least they'll have to try a new connection. Of course, this > leaves you open to a DOS ... but , well, i guess you are still open to that > the second you're on the net :) dont forget that the fallback between keyboard-auth and key based auth counts as a failure, so make sure you have at least 2 failures allowed. _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of intelligent effort." John Ruskin (1819-1900) I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.