[wplug-internet] Monkeybot and logins on wplug server

[Jonathan Billings]

If you want an alternative to fail2ban, try looking at the limit  
function for iptables, you can limit the number of connections per-ip  
per-minute.

On May 29, 2008, at 11:16 PM, Vance Kochenderfer wrote:

> While going through logs on the new server, I found the following
> error occurring every 5 minutes:
>
> -date- -time- -hostname- crond[-pid-]: pam_loginuid(crond:session):  
> set_loginuid failed opening loginuid
>
> The only cron job I know that runs on that time interval is the
> script to restart monkeybot if it dies.  I don't understand PAM
> well enough to know if this means the script is failing or if it's
> just doing something that spews errors, but it'd be a good idea
> for someone knowledgeable to take a look and fix it.
>
> Also, logs show that the ratio of failed attempts to valid logins
> exceeds 1500:1.  Who's up for installing and configuring fail2ban?
>
> Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
> vkochend at nyx.net          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger


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