Subj : Unwanted connections to port 23. To : Janis Kracht From : Phil Kimble Date : Sun Oct 29 2017 10:21 am >> I've since recently put my board back on port 23... and I now recall >> why I took it off of it. I keep getting all of these connections from >> hackers, I take it. Anyone know of a way to filter these bad >> connections? >> I've tried Janis' iptables suggestion, but it isn't working. Have a look at fail2ban www.fail2ban.org claims to be a "poor man's ids". I installed it from the yum repos on CentOS7 & configured it for 3 attempts. If you fail to login for 3 attempts you are banned for 15 minutes. All activity is logged. Luckily I was smart enough to setup several local accounts so when I forget the admin password I was still able to reset the timer for that acount via sudo... I like it lots! --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 * Origin: Bayhaus.net - Colorado Springs - Serving the FrontRange (1:128/2) .