[CentOS] Simple way to banish IP addresses ?

Toby Bluhm wrote:
> Toby Bluhm wrote:
>> Niki Kovacs wrote:
>>>
>>> I just set up a web server... and my bandwidth is being eaten by some 
>>> chinese folks trying to brute-force-ssh their way into the machine.
>>>
>>> Is there a simple way to banish either single IP addresses or, maybe 
>>> even better, whole IP classes ? I know it's feasible with iptables, but 
>>> is there something more easily configurable ?
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Let me note that at work, the security group has a script set up that does it 
automagically, after so many attempts.

And every morning or two in the logs, I see attacks from China, or Mexico, or 
Spain, or Taiwan... but then, we are a well-known site.

	mark, supporting the NIH

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