Brute Force Attack

[raymor]

Originally Posted by papagmp

AFF sent 250% more hits last night than I got from legitimate traffic. Somebody also hammered the pay site (can't prove who this was yet).

Over 64000 attempts to crack the ftp, ssh, and the member's area.

We have brute force protection systems available for all of these daemons
which not only prevent them from getting in, but greatly reduce the server
load they cause. Let us know if we can be of help.