I have recently setup OpenSolaris to use as a file server (I like ZFS) and I connect to this server remotely using SSH. In the past I used iptable rules on Linux to limit connection attempts to SSH within 60 seconds to 4 attempts. This eliminated the Brute Force attempts at guessing userids and password, or at least drastically limited them.
I have been looking at ipfilter which is available for OpenSolaris, is this the right tool to limit these login attempts in the same manner as I did with iptables or is there a better option on OpenSolaris? While I have found some information on writing ipfilter rules I have not found any examples for limiting SSH login attempts. At least nothing solid that I am certain I can do on OpenSolaris. Thanks in advance. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
