[Tfug] Stopping repeated login attempts

[JD Rogers]

aptitude install fail2ban

JDR


On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Louis Taber <ltaber at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looking at my log files I am getting repeated login attempts from China.  I
> changed my NAT port setting in the router and it slowed down for a few
> hours.  What is the best way for dealing with this?  I don't think a manual
> solution will be the best.
>
> http://www.okean.com/antispam/iptables/rc.firewall.china has a list of
> Chinese IP addresses for blocking spam.
>
> Denyhosts looks interesting:  http://stats.denyhosts.net/stats.html
>
> What works best for the effort needed to set it up?
> What is going to require the least long term maintenance?
>
> Thanks.  - Louis
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