Rod writes:
> Does anyone know how to block, or auto programs in Gentoo to limit
> or stop people scanning for a user/password hacking on your firewall?
I am using net-analyzer/fail2ban. That can block an IP after some
unsuccessful login attempts. This helps a lot, but not against bot nets,
when every host tries for two times only.
> Besides disabling those ports, I still need the port accessable
> from the outside, and I guess they'd just try imap if pop was blocked.
Could you change the port to something unusual, like 1100?
Wonko
