Hi, fail2ban is good choice, not only for ssh. bye On 20.8.2009, at 23:31, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Eugene Vilensky wrote on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:14:58 -0500: > >> What is the best way to protect multiuser systems from brute force >> attacks? I am setting up a relatively loose DenyHosts policy, but I >> like the idea of locking an account for a time if too many attempts >> are made, but to balance this with keeping the user from making a >> helpdesk call. > > Google for SSH rate-limiting. > > Kai > > -- > Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany > Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hodja Nasredin nasredin at sutra.cz