I'm trying (and failing) to use BlockHosts to stop thousands of FTP login attempts. BlockHosts works fine with ssh but not with vsftp. I've found the problem but not the solution at http://www.aczoom.com/cms/forums/blockhosts/vsftp-hanging Can anyone could help with either getting BlockHosts to work or suggesting another method?
On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 08:29 +0000, Iain Lee wrote:> I'm trying (and failing) to use BlockHosts to stop thousands of FTP > login attempts. BlockHosts works fine with ssh but not with vsftp. >How about swatch with iptables? This how-to has to do with ssh, but it could be applied to ftp just as easily. All the patching stuff at the beginning could be bypassed and have it still work just as well. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Protect_SSHD_with_Swatch
Iain Lee wrote:> I'm trying (and failing) to use BlockHosts to stop thousands of FTP > login attempts. BlockHosts works fine with ssh but not with vsftp. > > I've found the problem but not the solution at > http://www.aczoom.com/cms/forums/blockhosts/vsftp-hanging > > Can anyone could help with either getting BlockHosts to work or > suggesting another method?try using denyhosts, it works pretty much out of the box, and is available in most repo's ( ref : http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories ) -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq