Re: Illegal access attempt - FreeBSD 5.4 Release - please advise

From: Peter N. M. Hansteen (peter_at_bgnett.no)
Date: 08/25/05

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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:41:33 +0200

    "Chris St Denis" <chris@aebc.com> writes:

    > How can I easily auto deny after x failed attempts? Is this an sshd setting?
    > I could find it.
    >
    > Is there something in ports that will firewall off somebody who is brute
    > forcing?

    With PF, it's fairly easy to set up with max-src-conn, max-src-conn-rate
    overload <tableofbadbuys> in your pass rule. See pf.conf(5) for
    details. There's probably some magic around to make this doable with
    other firewalls as well. 

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