Re: iptables question
On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:49:35 -0500, Napoleon wrote:
> Justin Piszcz wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009, Napoleon wrote:
>>
>>> I'll admit I'm still pretty green at a lot of this (lots of experience
>>> in computers, little in Linux) and don't understand everything. But
>>> I'm trying to learn, so please go easy on me :-)
>>>
>>> I've been having a problem with dictionary hacker attempts on my
>>> system (hundreds or even thousands a day), so I implemented the
>>> following rules:
>>>
> <snip>
>>
>> Solution: apt-get install fail2ban (read up on the docs, it can drop
>> IPs based on attempts etc)
>>
>> Justin.
>>
>>
> For Justin and all the others who responded - thanks. I installed
> fail2ban a couple of days ago, and am waiting for someone to try it
> again.
>
> I also tried to find the support forums for qpopper, but the only ones I
> found hadn't had a post in over 2 years. So maybe I need to change pop3
> servers.
>
> But I'm not worried about that right now. I think from the docs that
> fail2ban will do what I need.
>
You might also want to check out http://packages.debian.org/sid/libpam-
shield. That will take care of it for any service. It's in Lenny too.
Have fun!
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