On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:35:25 +0200 Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > 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 ? man hosts.allow man hosts.deny -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com