Date:  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:26:28 -0700
From:  "Ken Marcus - Precision Web Hosting, Inc." <kenmarcus (at mark) precisionweb.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:06069] Re: FW module
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <34d101c6ac21$a2c81e40$6700a8c0@OfficeKen>
References:  <00ee01c6aba2$7bdb2950$3701a8c0@lapxp>
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> Seems that FW 'knock' feature doesn't work.
> I got my server heavily scanned these days from Romania, some >1000 hits,
> and I didn't see FW blocking it.
>
> Also, I couldn't add subnet to 'Blacklist' - is it not supported in the
> module?
>



For brute force password guessing attempts, it's pretty easy to install APF 
with BFD to detect and block them.
http://www.rfxnetworks.com/apf.php
I set it to block incoming only and leave open port 81 for the GUI

http://www.rfxnetworks.com/bfd.php


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Ken Marcus
Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
http://www.precisionweb.net