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From: Mark Rudholm <rudholm@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Locking out SSH brute-force attacks
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:18:03
Message-Id: 43446CA9.4050705@hyperreal.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-server] Locking out SSH brute-force attacks by Erik Anderson
1 Erik Anderson wrote:
2
3 >On 10/5/05, Erik Anderson <erikerik@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >>http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.security/2486
7 >>
8 >>
9 >
10 >Whoops - here's a better link to the thread:
11 >
12 >http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3c43404CB8.3%40lunatic.net.nz%3e
13 >
14 >
15 In addition to the stuff discussed in that thread, in emergency situations
16 (like in response to a current/successful attack) you can define a bogus
17 route to the offending IP address or network.
18
19 route add bad.person.or.network 127.0.0.1 (or otherwise bogus destination)
20 is an effective emergency block.
21 --
22 gentoo-server@g.o mailing list

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Re: [gentoo-server] Locking out SSH brute-force attacks Luke-Jr <luke-jr@×××××××.org>