I don't know of any reason why iptables recent should not work. The AIF
"ssh-brute-force-protection" plugin uses iptables recent, but I have never
tested or used it. Take a look at
/usr/share/arno-iptables-firewall/plugins/50ssh-brute-force-protection.plugin
and see if you are doing about the
is the iptables recent module being blocked or inhibited somehow by astlinux?
it is a most useful resource for detecting, counting inbound access attempts
over a
time interval, and eliminating multiple attacks from any given port or
protocol, as I
should imagine most of the users here should