The problem is likely due to an incorrect configuration, not CSF itself. Did you even bother to test that everything was working CSF after deploying it?Its stuff up one of my clients server.
I believe the default setting is that lfd checks for 5 FTP login failures within a 5 minute period. I raised this to 20 failures within a 5 minute period. All that being said, if a user would use common sense, then there really should not be any legitimate blocking. It cannot be stressed enough, if you are trying to log into something and the client or application you are using to log in with says "bad username and password" continuing to attempt to log in with that same username and password is not going to help. Users need to be aware that if they receive a bad username and password error message, then they need to take a step back, make retype the password, double check the username, and if it still doesn't work, investigate further. That might mean contacting their webhost or logging into their control panel and changing the password to something that they know.the only problem with it, is that it has a tendency to block innocent FTP users.
After clicking on Firewall Configuration, theres a box with LF_FTPD next to it. Right now it has a 1 in it (meaning "enabled"), change it to a 0 to disable it.cooldude, would you be able to tell me how to do that? Every day I get about 30 emails saying "my IP's been blocked", and my emails say that they were logging in incorrectly roughly 200 times!
It causes hell, but I prefer CSF to APF any day.
I have a suspicion that these multiple incorrectly logged in users are people trying to use Internet Explorer as an FTP client. I had one user recently with this problem, and after he switched to a real FTP client, the problem went away. Curious if this is the same problem you are having...cooldude, would you be able to tell me how to do that? Every day I get about 30 emails saying "my IP's been blocked", and my emails say that they were logging in incorrectly roughly 200 times!
It causes hell, but I prefer CSF to APF any day.
There's also a RELAYHOSTS setting in CSF which prevents clients that have authenticated over POP getting blocked. This stops most of your clients getting blocked most of the time, and is a great timesaver.cooldude, would you be able to tell me how to do that? Every day I get about 30 emails saying "my IP's been blocked", and my emails say that they were logging in incorrectly roughly 200 times!
It causes hell, but I prefer CSF to APF any day.