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- 30 Dec 2013, 20:52
- Forum: General Discussion (csf)
- Topic: CSF not blocking brute-force attempt.
- Replies: 2
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Re: CSF not blocking brute-force attempt.
Checked csf.conf. SSHD_LOG is correct pointed to /var/log/secure. /var/log/lfd.log is completely empty. Is this strange? EDIT: Just decided to check whether lfd was running. IT WAS NOT. BIG MISTAKE. Turns out that the custom rule had a compilation error and lfd did not restart because of that. Thank...
- 29 Dec 2013, 22:24
- Forum: General Discussion (csf)
- Topic: CSF not blocking brute-force attempt.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3093
CSF not blocking brute-force attempt.
We are currently undergoing a brute-force attempt by various IP addresses(looks like a botnet to me). CSF has blocked all IPs whenever the no. of authentication failures due to wrong password exceeds 3. However, since recently, we are getting a different type of error, and despite of lots of attempt...