On Thursday 16 November 2006 12:10 pm, Brian Marshall wrote: [snip] > Does anyone have suggestions on how I can script IPTables or put some > other security measure in place that could detect brute-forcing and > reject from their IP? You can use IPTables to limit the rate of connections. I allow only 2 connections from a given IP address within each 3 minute period. That allows for a quick retry when I mis-type the password, but makes for a very sloooooooow brute force attack. Most script kiddies aren't willing to put in that kind of time on a single target. I hardly ever see more than 2 attempts to crack my box now.