[BlueOnyx:04796] Re: ProFTPD module mod_ifsession

[Gerald Waugh]

On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 12:36 -0500, John Simpson wrote:
> The mod_ban.c module appears to have been installed by default on our
> BlueOnyx system.
> 
> I think that the point of it is not to block users altogether, but to
> limit excessive connections by enforcing a time-out on overzealous
> ftp'ers.
> 
> The current configuration:
>     # If the same client reaches the MaxLoginAttempts limit 30 times
>     # within 10 minutes, automatically add a ban for that client that
>     # will expire after 30 minutes.
>     BanOnEvent MaxLoginAttempts 30/00:10:00 00:30:00
> 
>     # Ban clients which connect too frequently. This rule bans clients
>     # which connect more than 30 times within one minute.  Include a special
>     # message just for them and keep them out for one hour.
>     BanOnEvent ClientConnectRate 30/00:01:00 01:00:00 "Stop connecting
> so frequently!"
> 
> My objective is to eliminate the logging of connections occurring from
> 127.0.0.1 every 15 minutes.

Configure Active Monitor
tell it now to monitor ftp

Gerald