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Auto-generating firewall rules
KevinADC, thanks for pointing that out. I've made the edits you suggested and I'll let you know how it goes. PaulTEG, thanks for your reply too. The problem is not that the script quits; it just stops responding after the first rule is generated. -
Auto-generating firewall rules
I don't know perl. I adapted the following script from something I found on the net, and I can't figure out why it doesn't work. It's supposed to monitor the system log for lines such as the following: ... sshd[9186]: Illegal user foo from x.x.x.x ... sshd[2756]: Did not receive identification...
