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On Wednesday 27 February 2008, Steve wrote: |
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> I migrated to try using iptables as my firewall and using |
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> blacklist.py - which I got working after some minor config-tweaking. |
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> I'm aware that there is configuration in the blacklist.py script for |
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> BLOCKING_PERIOD - but what I really miss the "blocked forever" nature |
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> of the DenyHosts alternative.... though I prefer every other aspect |
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> of the |
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> iptables/blacklist.py approach. |
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blacklist.py seems to work well for you, so why not just set |
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BLOCKING_PERIOD to it's maximum value? |
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I would imagine that even after say one week the vast majority of zombie |
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bots would have given up and moved on |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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