[BlueOnyx:02487] Re: can not block

[Steve Howes]

On 25 Sep 2009, at 15:22, T. K. Hughes wrote:
>
> Just got 5 emails saying that can not block. Email down below.  Any  
> idea what is going on?
> They look to be coming in every few minutes.
>
>
> Unable to block non-ip target 60-248-76-6.hinet-ip.hinet.net
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tommy
>
> Know I am getting can not block every minute.  Show on failed logins  
> that it is blocked.  Logfiles show that it is still blocking but is  
> still trying different users & pass.
>
> Will pull the network the server for a few minutes to see if that  
> will help,
>
> Thanks,  Tommy
>

Think this is a dfix/denyhosts/somescript thing... its because  
'60-248-76-6.hinet-ip.hinet.net' is a 'non-ip target' (its a host  
name). I suspect you have host name resolution turned on for apache or  
something...

Steve