[rhn-users] Iptables problem

[jludwig]

On Wednesday 01 March 2006 12:27, Alberto Ferrante wrote:
> No, all the ports are closed but only for the IP address which is
> triggering the rule... And this is what happens for the 1st 20-30 days
> after a reboot. After that, all the ports become closed for all the IP
> addresses...
> Anyway, in the last days I discovered denyhost, a daemon which does the
> same thing as my iptables rules by modifying the hosts.deny file
> dynamically. This daemon seems to work well and it is exactly what I
> required to stop SSH brute force attacks. Therefore, I am not using
> those iptables rules anymore.
>
> Regards,
> 	Alberto
>
> ludwig wrote:
> > Weird stuff!
> > Could someone be scanning port 22 and triggering the rule.
> > Is that even possible?
I had seen that daemon and had forgotten about it.
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