Hi,
there is an easy configurable tool for preventing brute force attacks,
it's called "fail2ban". It sifts through logs for attacks on security
critical ports and blocks login attempts from ip-addresses which fail
too often in too short a timeframe (configurable).
http://www.fail2ban.org
Cheers,
Harry
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