Re: [SLUG] denyhosts feedback sought

On 27/12/06, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I carry a self booting USBdrive with systemrescuecd on it and where possible ask whether they mind me rebooting their PC with it, pointing out that by doing so I will not be touching their hard drive. In man

Re: [SLUG] denyhosts feedback sought

I use it for several reasons. Some users on dynamic ip's with a firewall that is locked down to much to allow port knocking. It has never steered me wrong, gets a fair few when you first put in then seems to die down once all of them have been blocked. I also like it at home cause I am to lazy to s

Re: [SLUG] denyhosts feedback sought

On 27/12/06, David Kempe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I wouldn't bother with it. Just firewall off SSH to only your IPs or use portknocking. Makes the problem denyhosts tried to address go away. How practical is it to relay on portknocking when you have to access from machines on which you can'

Re: [SLUG] denyhosts feedback sought

Voytek Eymont wrote: Just looking at denyhosts.sourceforge.net: seems like a good idea, is it ? anyone here uses it, or, something like it ? I use it and like it. I connect from unknown machines, so I can't do source based ip filtering in iptables. One thing I've found is that it slow down

Re: [SLUG] denyhosts feedback sought

I wouldn't bother with it. Just firewall off SSH to only your IPs or use portknocking. Makes the problem denyhosts tried to address go away. dave Voytek Eymont wrote: Just looking at denyhosts.sourceforge.net: seems like a good idea, is it ? anyone here uses it, or, something like it ? what o

[SLUG] denyhosts feedback sought

Just looking at denyhosts.sourceforge.net: seems like a good idea, is it ? anyone here uses it, or, something like it ? what other preventive counter measures should I look at for Centos 4.4 LAMP server ? -- Voytek -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscr