While it's probably not an option for most people, the pf firewall in OpenBSD (and ported to FreeBSD) has settings that basically say after X login attempts over some time period Y for a given IP address, block further attempts for time period Z. It's highly configurable.
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Jeff Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Simmons Consulting - Network Engineering, Administration, Security
"You guys, I don't hear any noise. Are you sure you're doing it right?"
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