On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 03:57:29PM +1100, Ng, Edward B wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I run an FTP server on a public Linux box which is visible on the internet.
> For the last few months, I have had "visitors" who basically attempt to open
> multiple connections to the FTP server, and repeatedly try to l
rying your SMTPd, IMAPd or any other service you are
running Port Sentry will drop their route to your box.
-Original Message-
From: Ng, Edward B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: January 23, 2003 7:52 PM
To: 'Rob Stevens'
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: blocki
From: "Ng, Edward B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I was wondering is there an application out there which can do a
temporary block on the IP of someone who has tried to login to FTP too
many times and failed? I am currently running an iptables firewall,
but I do not want IPs to be permanently blocked, just
Hi Edward,
Your 'visitors' may just be using Download Managers, such as GetRight. These
applications often try to open multiple anonymous connections to FTP servers to speed
up their downloads. I know this doesn't answer your question directly - but it might
help.
Cheers,
Michael Conroy.
Thi
, but they seem to be trying a form of brute
force guessing game to try to get in.
-Original Message-
From: Rob Stevens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 24 January 2003 4:54 AM
To: Ng, Edward B
Subject: RE: blocking IPs for FTP server
Edward,
What distrobution are you using
