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Originally Posted by Tearabite
I'm going to read up on the iptables option..
I've gone thru more logs and it seems there are many others banging away on my server (only not as bad as this particular one) .. Am i right in assuming that this is just a loosing battle of wack-a-mole and I shouldnt bother trying to block them or report them to their ISP?
FWIW, i reported these hack attempts to the ISP that owns the IP address - their AUP dept responded and said the customer had been warned/notifed. I assume this means that some 15 year old kid is going to get yelled at by his parents tonight..
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Doh, my parents just yelled at me for some stupid reason about the internet! ... hehe JK
(I'm not really 15 anyhow :X)
Anyways, you can block IPs, ip ranges, set rules for events and if triggered can block ips. Also there many types of firewalls out there. What may work best for you is BFD (anti-brute force) accompanied by a firewall. This will basically help in rejecting alot of the unnecessary connection attempts and perhaps any successful ones :X
If you want this done, just shoot the helpdesk a ticket and we can get something installed for you.