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===Block ssh brutal force attack ===
* /etc/modprobe.conf
 options ipt_recent ip_list_tot=200 ip_pkt_list_tot=15 ip_list_hash_size=0

* /etc/sysconfig/iptables
<pre>
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:IN - [0:0]
:blacklist - [0:0]
:ssh - [0:0]
-A INPUT -j IN
-A FORWARD -j IN
-A IN -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A IN -p icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT
-A IN -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
-A IN -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
# SSH handler
-A IN -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --syn --dport ssh -j ssh
-A blacklist -m recent --name blacklist --set -j DROP
-A ssh -m recent --update --name blacklist --seconds 600 --hitcount 1 -j DROP
-A ssh -m recent --set --name sshcount 
-A ssh -m recent --rcheck --name sshcount --seconds 60 --hitcount 10 -j blacklist
-A ssh -j ACCEPT
# Other services
-A IN -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --syn --dport http -j ACCEPT
-A IN -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
COMMIT
</pre>

: Make sure ''ip_pkt_list_tot'' is big enough to fit ''hitcount''

This firewall configuration "blacklist"s any IP, which tries to establish an ssh connection more then 10 times in any given 60 seconds interval.<br>
The IP will be blacklisted for 600 seconds, as long as no new packets arrived from this IP during this grace period, otherwise, the timer will be reset to 0 with each new packet.


Observe your good work:
 watch cat /proc/net/ipt_recent/blacklist