BlockSSHD

Infobox_Software
name = BruteForceBlocker
caption = BruteForceBlocker
developer = James Turnbull
latest_release_version = 1.3
latest_release_date = June 27, 2008
operating_system = Linux
genre = Intrusion prevention
license = GNU General Public License (GPL)
website = http://blocksshd.sourceforge.net/

BlockSSHD is a perl script based on BruteForceBlocker that protects computers from SSH and ProFTPd brute force attacks by dynamically blocking IP addresses by adding iptables rules.

Functionality

Functionality can be read about at the copyrighted page at [http://blocksshd.sourceforge.net/ http://blocksshd.sourceforge.net/]

ee also

*DenyHosts
*BlockHosts
*BruteForceBlocker
*Fail2ban

External links

* [http://blocksshd.sourceforge.net/ BlockSSHD website]