> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of Keith Keller > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 8:23 PM > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] .htaccess file > > On 2016-08-28, TE Dukes <tdukes at palmettoshopper.com> wrote: > > I setup an ipset but quickly ran out of room in the set. I guess I'll > > have to setup multiple sets. > > I'm not familiar with ipsets, but from a quick Google search it seems like you > can increase the size of an ipset (or make a new larger one and migrate your > IPs to the new one). Multiple sets looks like it'd work as well. > > > Right now, I'm just trying to take some load off my home server from > > badbots but I am getting hit on other services as well. > > Another possibility for you to look at is sshguard. It can protect against brute > force ssh attacks (using iptables rules, which is how I use it) but IIRC it can > also protect against http attacks (I've never used it that way, so I don't know > how difficult this is). > > Can you be more specific about the "load" you're trying to mitigate? Is it > really the load on your home system, or is it that attackers are using your > bandwidth, or a combination? > > --keith > [Thomas E Dukes] I saw that as well but it was a little vague on how to do that. Thanks!!