Re: [cobalt-security] booting

[Theodore Jones <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brent,

I'll check with my hosting provider then, thanks much.

~ Theo

Brent Sims wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Theodore Jones so wrote:
>
> } Which file do I need to edit to boot out password-crackers that try the
> } brute force assult on an htaccess file?  I tried adding their incoming
> } IP to the "hosts.deny" file under /etc/ but that didn't work.  Would
> } "access.conf" under /etc/httpd/conf/ be the one to edit?  If so, what
> } would be the correct syntax for adding an individual IP to block?
>
>         Check out the access rules in your httpd.conf
> file. Specifically the Order, allow and Deny rules. They're
> documented pretty well in the access.conf file. The downside is that
> using these does increase the load on Apache which translates into
> lower performance. This is one of those situations where a router
> and/or a firewall between your machine and the Internet comes in
> pretty handy.
>
>         Peace be with you,
>
>         Brent
>
>         Brent Sims
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