On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 08:29 +0000, Iain Lee wrote: > I'm trying (and failing) to use BlockHosts to stop thousands of FTP > login attempts. BlockHosts works fine with ssh but not with vsftp. > How about swatch with iptables? This how-to has to do with ssh, but it could be applied to ftp just as easily. All the patching stuff at the beginning could be bypassed and have it still work just as well. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Protect_SSHD_with_Swatch