OT: Security....

[Elvis]

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>On Thursday 28 October 2004 03:37 am, HaJo Schatz wrote:
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>>I have hacked a script which tails /var/log/secure and reacts on attempts
>>to log in as root with password. Such offending IPs are then denied port
>>22 access. Any comments, positive or negative, on this?
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>Oooh... care to post it? I like the sounds of that. :-)
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I'd also love to have a look - sounds like a good idea! Might also be 
nice for configurable to deny access to other services after repeated 
failures - eg web login forms etc