Hi, a general note on SSH rate limiting: because someone might try [ multiple passwords for one given user ] per connection, it would be wise to use MaxAuthTries 1 in the sshd config file so that every password test requires a new connection, and therefore undergoes the "real" limit. I currently have MaxAuthTries 2 and it's not working bad either. Jan Engelhardt -- | Alphagate Systems, http://alphagate.hopto.org/