RobertH wrote on Sun, 1 Mar 2009 22:04:23 -0800: > specifically, i am trying to stop repeated access to vsftpd after more than > x attempts from the same ip address.... You can reduce the number of concurrent connections. This pretty much dumps all brute force attempts. You could also try ratelimiting to port 21 like with ssh. I've never tried that approach. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com