Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 08:40:27 -0600 (CST) From: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@cs.iastate.edu> To: Wilfred Teo <teow@promedianet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Login attempts Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.971112083749.29437B-100000@popeye.cs.iastate.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971111213612.367A-100000@alpha.promedianet.com>
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On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Wilfred Teo wrote: > Is it possible to limit the number of login attempts in a telnet session? > How would that be done? I know AIX has a provision and Linux has > something like that too. Appreciate any help you would give. Login attempts in a single telnet session (or any terminal session) are limited to ten. However, after the first three login attempts, a linearly-increasing wait between login: prompts makes the following seven login attempts painfully slow for someone who is trying to guess a password. Guy Helmer, Computer Science Graduate Student - ghelmer@cs.iastate.edu Iowa State University http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~ghelmer Research Assistant, Scalable Computing Laboratory, Ames Laboratory
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