rack-attack itself is very small, and its configuration is minimal. Use it if you have a Ruby-based web app and want to add that extra layer of protection to it that pf can't provide.
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Daniel Ouellet <dan...@presscom.net> wrote: > On 9/29/16 7:20 PM, Murk Fletcher wrote: > > There's Kickstarter's Rack::Attack if you're willing to "upgrade" to ie. > > Ruby on Rails: > > > > https://github.com/kickstarter/rack-attack > > > > I find this quite nice along with those pf bruteforce tables mentioned > > earlier. > > Sure I guess you can, but personally I prefer smaller solutions and > suggestions, that are efficient and need minimum resources. This is like > saying install Windows 10 to just use notepad here... > > I am fine with just vi/vim at time. (: > > I think installing the full blown Ruby on Rails suite for just limiting > simple to block bruteforce is overkill, but it's a shrinking free world > for most of it. One can choose what he/she see fit. > > Peace > > Daniel
