On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:29:14 -0500 Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 07:24:25PM +0100, Marco Bertorello wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm working on a new package called denyhosts.
> >
> > The program is a python script that can monitor a log file
> > (default /var/log/auth.log) for ssh brute-force attack attempts and
> > block them adding an entry in /etc/hosts.deny.
> How does it do so? That is a configuration file (and not a conffile),
> but AFAIK there is no interface allowing batch modification.
I don't understand...
/etc/hosts.deny is a ASCII text file.
It can be manipulated also using a bash script, banally with somethings
like:
echo "sshd: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
But I think that I' ve not understood your question... :-(
Thanks,
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