Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:22:30 +0200 From: Denis D <stdedjub@googlemail.com> To: Jaime Kikpole <jkikpole@cairodurham.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Blocking SSH access based on bad logins? Message-ID: <CAAOY18au57cVSdtqsZ%2BP5XivkSegEOSLa-Cpk=r%2BQWRYRF-7oA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bsg5RRppb8-paYnYtL8UMnSfP0ebzUwtM4LLNGayudCwXpyag@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2Bsg5RRppb8-paYnYtL8UMnSfP0ebzUwtM4LLNGayudCwXpyag@mail.gmail.com>
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have you tried fail2ban? http://www.fail2ban.org/ On 25 August 2015 at 15:16, Jaime Kikpole <jkikpole@cairodurham.org> wrote: > I've noticed a number of SSH login attempts for the username "admin" > on my FreeBSD systems. None of them have a username of "admin". So I > was wondering if there was a way (even via a port) to tell the system, > "If an IP tries to login as 'admin', block that IP." > > I'm already using SSHGuard to block certain obvious attempts to break > in. I'm fine with altering its configs or adding/switching to a new > port. > > Thanks. > > -- > Jaime Kikpole > Network Administrator > Cairo-Durham Central School District > > Technical Support: > help@cairodurham.org > go.cairodurham.org/techtips > > -- > This electronic message and any attachment(s) may contain confidential or > legally privileged information protected by law from further disclosure and > is intended only for the individual or entity identified above as the > addressee. If you are not the addressee (or the employee or agency > responsible to deliver it to the addressee), or if this message has been > addressed to you in error, you are hereby notified that you may not copy, > forward, disclose or use any part of this message or any attachment(s). > Please notify the sender immediately by return email or telephone and > permanently delete this message and attachment(s) from your system. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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