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Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 Version 3.15.15.15 User's Guide

IP Blocking

You can use IP blocking to dynamically determine when excessive login failures occur from an IP address and block or prevent the IP address from logging into the iDRAC9 for a preselected time span. IP blocking includes:
  • The number of allowable login failures.
  • The timeframe in seconds when these failures must occur.
  • The amount of time, in seconds, when the IP address is prevented from establishing a session after the total allowable number of failures is exceeded.

As consecutive login failures accumulate from a specific IP address, they are tracked by an internal counter. When the user logs in successfully, the failure history is cleared and the internal counter is reset.

NOTE:When consecutive login attempts are refused from the client IP address, some SSH clients may display the following message:
ssh exchange identification: Connection closed by remote host
.
Table 1. Login Retry Restriction PropertiesLogin Retry Restriction Properties
Property Definition
iDRAC.IPBlocking.BlockEnable  
Enables the IP blocking feature. When consecutive failures
iDRAC.IPBlocking.FailCount
from a single IP address are encountered within a specific amount of time
iDRAC.IPBlocking.FailWindow
all further attempts to establish a session from that address are rejected for a certain timespan
iDRAC.IPBlocking.PenaltyTime
iDRAC.IPBlocking.FailCount
Sets the number of login failures from an IP address before the login attempts are rejected.
iDRAC.IPBlocking.FailWindow
The time, in seconds during which the failed attempts are counted. When the failures occur beyond this time period, the counter gets reset.
iDRAC.IPBlocking.PenaltyTime
Defines the timespan in seconds when all login attempts from an IP address with excessive failures are rejected.

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