Dan, If you're using Arno's fw, you can configure blocked IP addresses very easily. Those blocks will survive an upgrade.
That feature should be present in the web interface, but can be done from the command line as well. Darrick Dan Ryson wrote: > All, > > It appears we're getting pounded by a kiddy script that's trying to > guess passwords. It's generating ~1,350 password guesses and log > entries per minute (see example below). Although I have strong > passwords, I'd like to block this effort by blocking this IP address. > > What's the preferred way to block a dictionary attack in AstLinux? I'm > presently using astlinux-0.6.4 on an x386 - with an external, hardware > firewall. I'd prefer to not use IP Tables because I suspect any entries > would be deleted whenever I upgrade versions. > > ~ Dan > > Registration from '"317" <sip:3...@72.93.15.14>' failed for '85.214.69.155' - > Wrong password -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
