Re: blocking IPs for FTP server

["Chris Berry" <compjma () hotmail com>]

> From: "Ng, Edward B" <edward.ng () eds com>
> I was wondering is there an application out there which can do a
> temporary block on the IP of someone who has tried to login to FTP too
> many times and failed? I am currently running an iptables firewall,
> but I do not want IPs to be permanently blocked, just say blocked for >24 
> hours and then allowed again.

Just write a script to add that address to a "temporarily blocked" file, add 
a rule to your firewall to block those addresses, and set up a cron job to 
delete entries older than 24 hours say once an hour or so.

Chris Berry
compjma () hotmail com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

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