On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 18:12, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you have a (potentially) vulnerable server exposed, using something > like fail2ban (if I remembered the name correctly) can be a good idea. > It allows a limited number of attempts from an IP, then temporarily > blacklists that IP. A hacker would have to have tremendous luck to > guess a password in only two attempts, for instance. An alternative to fail2ban is denyhosts. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
