Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:03:29 -0800 (PST) From: Arne Woerner <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Brute Force Detection + Advanced Firewall Policy Message-ID: <20051219210329.90107.qmail@web30311.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <E1EoRWz-000Aqs-WA@host84.nimahost.net>
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--- Hadi Maleki <freebsdlist@nimahost.net> wrote: > Any BFD/AFP softwares available for FreeBSD 4.10? > > Im getting flooded with ssh and ftp attempts. > What about a "white list"? I mean, three rules that blocks all incoming traffic to those ports (21, 22, the others), and then a rule for each "good IP" that allows the connection... Some time ago I have read in this list something about attempts to guess a SSH username and password... Maybe u can find that thread in the archive via the Websearch interface? Maybe it helps to disallow password athentication, because DSA public key authentication is much more fun for users and admins... :-)) -Arne __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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