Fail2Ban automatically adds a iptables rule to block all traffic from the atacking address, and then sends off an e-mail informing you - so it does do that
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Domenic Santangelo <domenics@gmail.com> wrote:Just wonder why you don't simply block attempts beyond 5 or 10.
> I'm hearing some complicated attack vectors being tossed around in here (password sniffing, mitm, etc) -- don't forget about a pretty simple one: dictionary attacks. I recently took over a project for a small-medium sized client and upon looking at the secure log noticed 50k+/day dictionary attacks against SSH. I installed fail2ban and now get 5-6 emails daily about brute-force hack attempts.
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