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...ogin attempts from blacklisted IP addresses, but would simply fail them all, even if a valid username/password pair was sent. This would serve to tie up the attacker without offering any chance of a break in by a lucky password guess. 8. Lastly, in order to bog down the attacker even further, MIN_LOGIN_TIME seconds would set the minimum time for a response to a login attempt. The default would be 0 seconds. For remote servers, which only need to be accessed via ssh for administration on rare occasions, this might be set to 10, 20, or even 60 seconds. An argument could be made that most of this bla...