From owner-freebsd-security Wed Nov 11 16:51:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA29258 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:51:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xylan.com (postal.xylan.com [208.8.0.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA29246 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:51:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from mailhub.xylan.com by xylan.com (8.8.7/SMI-SVR4 (xylan-mgw 2.2 [OUT])) id QAA27009; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:50:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from utah.XYLAN.COM by mailhub.xylan.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (mailhub 2.1 [HUB])) id QAA07086; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:50:37 -0800 Received: from softweyr.com by utah.XYLAN.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (xylan utah [SPOOL])) id RAA27057; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 17:50:36 -0700 Message-ID: <364A30DC.5D8FAF26@softweyr.com> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 17:50:36 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: oortiz@LCSI.COM CC: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intruder Lockout References: <3286493681000000@LCSI.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org oortiz@LCSI.COM wrote: > > > Is there anyway to have an Intruder Lockout in FreeBSD? Like if > someone is trying to hack into my system with a certain user account, > and if after 3 to 5 attempts of typing in the wrong password, will the > system lock out the account instead of letting him try again like > Netware does? > I wrote one once upon a time, for a company who shall remain nameless. They had no intention of selling it for FreeBSD, but I developed it there and then ported it to SunOS, Solaris, Ultrix, HP/UX, AIX, etc. I could easily do it for FreeBSD again. I'd be glad to take a contract to develop such a module and donate it to the FreeBSD Project. How much money do you have? ;^) -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message