ftp giving url but i want the IP address

[Walter]

Greg Larkin wrote:

>Instead of standard ftpd, give lukemftpd a try.  I tested it briefly,
>and failures are reported like so:
>
>....: FTP LOGIN FAILED FROM 192.168.xxx.yyy
>
>Finally, instead of writing your own parsing script, sshguard monitors
>your FTP logs, SSH logs and other services that you want to protect with
>pf auto-blocking: http://www.freshports.org/security/sshguard/
>
>Hope that helps,
>Greg
>  
>
sshguard sounds like what I'm building!  Their's isn't as simple as
mine is, but that's natural for a mature product.  I'll give it a look
and maybe pick it up.  Thanks!

Walter