[BlueOnyx:04422] Re: can't stop this attack

[Chuck Tetlow]

Don't know Alan.  I've never heard of a "Maximum prefix length".  And I use similar rules in all our BQ and BX servers.

OH - I see.  Its the string to insert into the log entry - it can only be 29 characters long.  So when you tried it, it counted up "Connect attempt from 213.80.73 network in Sweden " and came up with more than 29 characters.  Try something shorter, like "Sweden 213.80.73 ".  Yep - that works.

Chuck

---------- Original Message -----------
From: Alan Kline <alan at snugglebunny.us> 
To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List <blueonyx at blueonyx.it> 
Sent: Thu, 06 May 2010 16:38:25 -0500 
Subject: [BlueOnyx:04418] Re: can't stop this attack

> When I added this rule, I got this error message: 
> "Maximum prefix length 29 for --log-prefix" 
> 
> Once I cut the prefix way down, it worked... Is there any way to change 
> that maximum length? 
> 
> Alan 
> 
> On 5/6/2010 4:21 PM, Chuck Tetlow wrote: 
> > And if you want to see how many times they try to get in (whether your are reporting it or just curious), AFTER running that command - run this one: 
> > 
> > /sbin/iptables -I acctin 1 -s 213.80.73.0/24 -j LOG --log-prefix "Connect attempt from 213.80.73 network in Sweden "

 
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