On Wednesday 15 August 2001 11:21, David N Moore wrote: > Hi, > I have been poking around with google looking for some ideas > for a solution to this problem. Can you think of an easy way to block > all connections from a certain ip if it tries log in say 5 times and > fails? The idea being that it would stop someone from using a > dictionary-based attack if they had a user-name. > > Any input would be appreciated. > > -dave
Portsentry will do this. You can specify a list of ports, and what kind of activity to block. HTH, -pete
