On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:13:33PM +0000, Aero Maxx D wrote:
> I read somewhere that someone could just hammer the authentication
> with multiple tries until they get access!

Without further protection, yep. Several things in Fedora you could
use:


- mod_evasive -- an apache module to protect against brute-force
  attacks
- fail2ban -- not just for ssh; have it follow the logs and block at
  the firewall level
- pam_shield -- count login attempts and ban based on that






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Matthew Miller
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Fedora Project Leader
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