[ale] Backtracking to an IP

[Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com (Dow Hurst)]

What does the iptables patch-o-matic TARPIT do?  Thanks,
Dow



Doug McNash wrote:Ditto, I have been seeing this low intensity ssh 
attempts also for about

> the same 6 weeks. The sources originate from all over the globe.
>
> One of many threads discussing this can be found here:
> http://forums.devshed.com/t169975/s.html
>
> My solution:
> I loaded the iptables patch-o-matic TARPIT target and send all addresses
> I don't use to the pit. The worm, virus or whatever only makes one
> attempt before it moves on with the tarpit in place. It seems to have
> dropped off this week.
>
> On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 09:03, Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
>
>> I suspect that I've been getting the same symptoms for about 6 weeks.
>> Failed login attempts on root, admin, nouser, guest, unknown, anonymous.
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