<div>On 1/26/06, Steven J Lamb <<a href="mailto:redhattedsheep@adiis.net">redhattedsheep@adiis.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I am trying to create a script to block people using hosts.deny. I realize that I should just block everyone and then open access for those whom I know I trust but because of the nature of our network this is not possible. basically I check log files for login attempts every five minutes and block those that attempt to log in more than 3 times that day. this is all working great but my problem is this. I sometimes get log entries with the symbolic address instead of the ip. how do I convert these in a systematic way and not have a problem when I run IPs through it. I'm sure this is an easy task but I don't now what tool to use. thanks for your help Steven Lamb </blockquote><div> I think you may be tring to create something like this: <a href="http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/">http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/</a> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> FC4 -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list </a> </blockquote></div> -- As a boy I jumped through Windows, as a man I play with Penguins.