blocking brute force login attempts



(Windows Server 2003): I thought using windows firewall to restrict the IP
addresses allowed to talk to remote desktop would have been enough to block
brute force login attempts on administrator, but my event log is still
filling up from IP addresses outside of those I've specified as allowable
(???)... I already renamed admin to something completely different, so
they'll never succeed. But is there a way to stop it? I only have ports open
for remote desktop and web service.

Paul


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