[DGD] Autoblocking crackers

[Shentino]

On 11/2/07, chris . <psych_mayo at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> You could limit password input to 1 command per second.  It would become pretty
> pointless trying brute force with a limit on password attempts.

I already do a PAM style randomized delay somewhere between 1500 and
2500 milliseconds every time a wrong password is typed.

>  It would also protect
> your potentially intoxicated gamers from ip banning themselves.  Just a thought.

computer scientist: Oh no! A special case!

if (strict)
then
    say "not responsible for IP bans due to intoxication"
else
    do something different
fi