From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "W. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: How to stop SPAMMER??! > > > Well, now we see why the file comments suggest that wrapping > sshd is *not* such a good idea...... > > Get the IP block of the system(s) from which you are remotely > adminning the server into hosts.allow with something like this > at the top: > > all: 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 : allow > > This is a sample netblock that makes sure hosts on my/the* > LAN have access to the machine....figure out the netblock > of your ISP at the home, office, or home office, and try, > try, again..... > > HTH, > > Kevin Kinsey > DaleCo, S.P. > > *Your LAN may differ, of course.....
And, FWIW, hosts.allow is pretty 'ready to go' straight from 'the box.' Lots of examples...... Also, if I remember the O.P., you're running 4.4 or 4.5----are you keeping up with patches? Surely an upgrade would be in order to address any issues that appeared over the summer... My $.02 Kevin Kinsey To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
