Hi list

If a user connect by Console or OpenSSH and type in the wrong password, I wish to delay the next password prompt. Use case is for example brute force attacks.

I played with FAIL_DELAY in login.defs, but without success.

cheers Simon

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try using the PAM method..

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/sag-pam_faildelay.ht...

wfm.. ymmv

ed