Re: FTP Login flood
From: Bernard Cheah [MVP] (qbernard_at_hotmail.com.discuss)
Date: 11/14/05
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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:41:54 +0800
I believe some smart router or firewall will have this kind of feature. E.g.
ban IP address for a certain period of time, if it exist the threshold of
reconnecting within a specific period.
-- Regards, Bernard Cheah http://www.iis-resources.com/ http://www.iiswebcastseries.com/ http://www.msmvps.com/bernard/ "Ralph Hulslander" <RalphHulslander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:18CBEF54-3AC0-445A-8B21-BEFAAE126525@microsoft.com... > Thanks Bernard for the reply, locking out the account after failed > attempts > essentially has no effect. They are still attempting to login, I am > looking > for something that performs like a firewall that after so many failed > logins > sends all subsequent request from that IP into the bit bucket in th sky > and > never replys to the sender. In other words even with a a locked out > account > refusing logins these attempts are still acknowledged and this uses > resources. > This is really a pityfull attack method often times the same uername and > password is used so it appears that the intent is denial of service which > they did succeed in doing until I allowed the Event Log to overwrite, now > I > just have a event log full of fail login attempts Event ID: 100 and a > Daily > FTP IIS log that is full of failed attempts. > The attack appears to have some sophistication in that just befor the > flood > of login attempts someone allways attempts a login using a similiar > password > (@atHome)this is followed by the flood of login attepts from a different > IP. > The the @atHome IP is usually from Europe the flood IP are from anywhere > around the world. > Thanks again for the reply, I cannot believe Iam the only one subjected to > these type of attacks. > RAlph > -- > Progress is just a faster road to the end. > > > "Bernard Cheah [MVP]" wrote: > >> Well, you can have login attempt for valid account. E.g. lockout, etc >> No smart way to do this other than - going through the IIS log file, then >> filter those IP address at firewall or router level. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Bernard Cheah >> http://www.iis-resources.com/ >> http://www.iiswebcastseries.com/ >> http://www.msmvps.com/bernard/ >> >> >> "Ralph Hulslander" <RalphHulslander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message news:FD992A13-3472-4005-A9D0-77A18B38879A@microsoft.com... >> >A Windows 2000 server is being subjected to a continuous stream of FTP >> >login >> > attempts. >> > Essentially this was causeing a denial of service until I set the Event >> > Log >> > to overwrite once full. >> > Is there any way to limit the login attempts? None of the attempts are >> > successful. >> > These attacks come from random IP's and are proceded by a initiating >> > event >> > (attempted login) that is followed by a flood of attempts. >> > >> > The machine is not using AD. >> > I am using a firewall but not one that monitors failed login attempts. >> > It is less of a bother now that the Event log is not getting full and >> > locking up the machine but it is detrimental to my legitimate users as >> > all >> > of >> > these login attempts do hog resources. >> > >> > Thanks >> > -- >> > Progress is just a faster road to the end. >> >> >>
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