RE: [cobalt-security] .htpasswd hacking

["Chris Weiss" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If he is doing so from a fixed host, then set up a hosts.deny file and enter his host name or IP.

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-security-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cobalt-security-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Henk van der Veen
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 5:51 PM
To: cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-security] .htpasswd hacking

Hello,

 

Someone is trying to guess one of my .htaccess sites. He uses some robot, I guess.

I see him trying 50 times per second in my access logfile and error logfiles.

He keeps feeding up the pressure untill my RaQ3 goes doen.

Anyone any idea what can be done to  prevent this kind of attacks?

 

Henk