denyhosts-like app for MySQLd?

[Tuomo Latto]

Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:
> ¿Is there any app like denyhosts[1] but intended for MySQLd service?
> 
> We have a mysql ports (3306) opened for remote connections, and 
> obviously the /var/db/mysql/machine_name.log is full of these kind of 
> entries:
> 
> ...........
> 936012 Connect     Access denied for user 'user'@'85.19.95.10' (using 
> password: YES)
> 936013 Connect     Access denied for user 'user'@'85.19.95.10' (using 
> password: YES)
> 936014 Connect     Access denied for user 'user'@'85.19.95.10' (using 
> password: YES)
> 936016 Connect     Access denied for user 'user'@'85.19.95.10' (using 
> password: YES)
> 936018 Connect     Access denied for user 'user'@'85.19.95.10' (using 
> password: YES)
> 936019 Connect     Access denied for user 'user'@'85.19.95.10' (using 
> password: YES)
> .............
> 
> The idea is blocking the abusive IPs in automated way.
> 
> [1] http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/

How about ports/security/bruteblock?
No OOTB support, but adding it should be very easy.
(You just write a config file for it.)


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