[CentOS] .htaccess file

TE Dukes
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 11:18:41 -0000

> Behalf Of Keith Keller
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 8:23 PM
> To: centos at centos.org
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] .htaccess file
>
> On 2016-08-28, TE Dukes <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> wrote:
> > I setup an ipset but quickly ran out of room in the set. I guess
I'll
> > have to setup multiple sets.
>
> I'm not familiar with ipsets, but from a quick Google search it seems
like
you
> can increase the size of an ipset (or make a new larger one and migrate
your
> IPs to the new one).  Multiple sets looks like it'd work as well.
>
> > Right now, I'm just trying to take some load off my home server
from
> > badbots but I am getting hit on other services as well.
>
> Another possibility for you to look at is sshguard.  It can protect
against brute
> force ssh attacks (using iptables rules, which is how I use it) but IIRC
it can
> also protect against http attacks (I've never used it that way, so I
don't
know
> how difficult this is).
>
> Can you be more specific about the "load" you're trying to
mitigate?  Is
it
> really the load on your home system, or is it that attackers are using
your
> bandwidth, or a combination?
>
> --keith
>
[Thomas E Dukes]
I saw that as well but it was a little vague on how to do that.

Thanks!!