hosts.deny script

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 1/26/06, Steven J Lamb <redhattedsheep at adiis.net> wrote:
>
> I am trying to create a script to block people using hosts.deny. I realize
> that I should just block everyone and then open access for those whom I
> know
> I trust but because of the nature of our network this is not possible.
> basically I check log files for login attempts every five minutes and
> block
> those that attempt to log in more than 3 times that day. this is all
> working
> great but my problem is this. I sometimes get log entries with the
> symbolic
> address instead of the ip. how do I convert these in a systematic way and
> not have a problem when I run IPs through it. I'm sure this is an easy
> task
> but I don't now what tool to use.
>
> thanks for your help
>
> Steven Lamb
>

 I think you may be tring to create something like this:
http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/

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