[Freedombox-discuss] Block brute force login attacks?

[nick.m.daly@gmail.com (Nick Daly)]

I'd like to throw one more alternative into the mix:

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:38 AM, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere at hungry.com> wrote:
>   - iptables / ufw rules
>   - libpam-shield - locks out remote attackers trying password guessing
>   - libpam-abl - blocks hosts which are attempting a brute force attack
>   - fail2ban - ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
>   - (*) denyhosts - Utility to help sys admins thwart SSH crackers

- Figure out how to make key authentication easy for end user's
devices and disable password authentication on boxen altogether.