Re: [CentOS] PAM and vsftpd

2009-03-02 Thread Kai Schaetzl
RobertH wrote on Sun, 1 Mar 2009 22:04:23 -0800: > specifically, i am trying to stop repeated access to vsftpd after more than > x attempts from the same ip address You can reduce the number of concurrent connections. This pretty much dumps all brute force attempts. You could also try rateli

Re: [CentOS] PAM and vsftpd

2009-03-01 Thread RobertH
of course, replying to own post. gigegigegige ;-> what i found was pam_abl http://www.hexten.net/wiki/index.php/Pam_abl it is in dag land. search for pam_abl dag rpm does anyone have an experience they are willing to share with the group re: pam_abl ? thanks in advance - rh _

[CentOS] PAM and vsftpd

2009-03-01 Thread RobertH
i have been researching for alternatives. it is latest centos 4 (4.7) and uses vsftpd 2.01 started (again) investigating possible PAM or PAM module way... Q: is there a PAM way to control repeated crack retires on vsftpd? possibly something that can be done in /etc/pam.d/vsftpd i have been loo