{"id":19,"date":"2007-08-14T17:46:36","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T16:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marc.storck.lu\/blog\/?p=19"},"modified":"2009-09-14T22:48:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T21:48:54","slug":"a-nice-tools-to-stop-brute-force-password-attacks-onto-your-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marc.storck.lu\/blog\/2007\/08\/a-nice-tools-to-stop-brute-force-password-attacks-onto-your-server\/","title":{"rendered":"A nice tools to stop brute force password attacks onto your server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this very nice tool called <a href=\"http:\/\/denyhosts.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">DenyHosts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DenyHosts is a script intended to be run by Linux system administrators to help thwart SSH server attacks (also known as dictionary based attacks and brute force attacks).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever looked at your ssh log (\/var\/log\/secure on Redhat, \/var\/log\/auth.log on Mandrake, etc&#8230;) you may be alarmed to see how many hackers attempted to gain access to your server. 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