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Re: log monitoring, changing iptables
From: Alexander Klimov <alserkli () inbox ru>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:03:51 +0200 (IST)
Hi. On Tue, 22 Nov 2004, Tom Boulay wrote:
I'm sorry if this is overly simple, I'm just new to it. I'm trying to figure out a way to monitor my system logs and use that information to ignore traffic from an IP address for, say, 15 minutes after three failed login attempts. My machine (2.4.x) only has ssh listening. My logs seem to have some marathon repeated root login attempts on the weekends, and I would like to discourage those by including the 15 minute delay. How would I monitor the /var/log/messages? Do I need to use something like sec?
The topic of these login attempts was discussed here some time ago. Don't sure what was the conclusion, I guess there are simpler reactions: -- make sure that your passwords can't be broken (e.g., use private/public key pair for authentication) -- move ssh to a non-standard port Regards, ASK
Current thread:
- log monitoring, changing iptables Tom Boulay (Nov 23)
- Re: log monitoring, changing iptables Alexander Klimov (Nov 24)
- Re: log monitoring, changing iptables Jorge Gajon (Nov 27)
- Re: log monitoring, changing iptables Alexander Klimov (Nov 24)