Hi Phil!   
      
   >>> I've tried Janis' iptables suggestion, but it isn't working.   
      
   > Have a look at fail2ban www.fail2ban.org  claims to be a "poor man's ids".   
      
   Nah, my system is fine using iptables. IIRC fail2ban uses iptables, right?   
      
   > I installed it from the yum repos on CentOS7 & configured it for 3 attempts.   
   >If you fail to login for 3 attempts you are banned for 15 minutes. All activit   
   > is logged. Luckily I was smart enough to setup several local accounts  Janis>   
   > so when I forget the admin password I was still able to reset the timer for   
   > that   
   > acount via sudo...   
      
   > I like it lots!   
      
   Great :)   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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