Thanks! I changed it per Rusty's recommendation. > -----Original Message----- > From: Fritz Borgstedt [mailto:f...@iworld.de] > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 10:14 AM > To: ASSP development mailing list > Subject: Re: [Assp-test] ASSP 1.9.8.2 (0.0.01) Authentication Limiting > > ASSP development mailing list <assp-test@lists.sourceforge.net> schrei > bt: > >I happened to open my ASSP GUI while an attempted harvest was going on > >. > >I blocked the address and all is fine now. But, it got me wondering i > >f there is a feature of ASSP that will auto-blacklist an IP address for > >trying too many times unsuccessfully (more than 10 for example). > > > > Max Number of AUTHentication Errors (MaxAUTHErrors, default=5) > > If an IP exceeds this number of authentication errors (535) the transm ission > of the current message will be canceled and any new connection from that IP > will be blocked for 5-10 minutes. > Every 5 Minutes the 'AUTHError' -counter of the IP will be decreased b y one. > autValencePB is used for the penalty box. > No limit is imposed by ASSP if the field is left blank or set to 0. Th is option > allows admins to prevent external bruteforce or dictionary a ttacks via AUTH > command. Whitelisted and NoProcessing IP's and IP's in npPB are ignored like > any relayed connection. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM > Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is > happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic > at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Assp-test mailing list > Assp-test@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-test
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