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    No WAN access from inside LANs...

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      njaimo @johnpoz
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      @johnpoz ...since this is my home, I do not have had need to use ssh from outside, and figured it woudl be easiest to access the GUI via https and a web browser in the net. ...ANd I had a bad case of "click-itis"... LOL

      I see there is a max of "10" down in "login protection" on the same page, but I get locked out after the first try, and it takes about 30 minutes to let me try again... I do not recall editing any default settings on this...

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        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @njaimo
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        @njaimo not sure what ssh has to do with anything? Did you open the webgui to the internet?

        Did you look in your log for login attempts? What does it say your level of attack was?

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by stephenw10

          Your IP will get blocked by sshguard for a few minutes if you try to login and fail three times. If you then fail again it will block you for longer.
          You can just add your IP to the whitelist to prevent sshguard triggering against it.

          sshguard monitors all login attempts not just ssh, confusingly!

          Steve

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            njaimo @johnpoz
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            @johnpoz @stephenw10

            Thank you for the replies ! ...sorry for the delay, had to be away from home this morning.

            I get blocked after just one failed login (seems its been like that for years) but I do can log in from the other net, which I had not tried before, thank you for that tip. Here is the log, seems the failed logging is considered a level-10

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              njaimo @njaimo
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              @johnpoz @stephenw10

              this is what I enter to access while on Firefox browser
              https://192.168.1.1/index.php

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                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @njaimo
                last edited by johnpoz

                @njaimo but I believe it defaults to 30.. Did you adjust that down to 10.. You should be able to put in a couple of typos before it blocks you with it at 30.

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                Key word being "cumulative" if you adjusted it down to 10, and changed the setting to 3600 seconds vs the default of 120, then yeah one typo is going to make you wait an hour.

                I think your victim of your own

                ANd I had a bad case of "click-itis"... LOL

                An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                  njaimo @johnpoz
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                  @johnpoz
                  ha-ha ..not again ! :) Well I figured I could type the correct password in way less attempt than 10, and the time I set to make any unauthorized person trying to login wait quite a while....

                  I assume these settings would also apply to anyone trying to log in via SSH from the outside ?

                  I'll change back to "30", I really only need 2 attempts, as I realize when I typed the wrong password... Maybe need to start using a pw-manager...

                  MANY Thanks again for all the help !!!!!

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                    njaimo @njaimo
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                    @njaimo ...I get it I misunderstood the "score" bit, it is not login attempts... :)
                    Cheers

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