Frehi on Nostr: Since blocking al non-european IP addresses on my IMAP and SSH servers the amount of ...
Since blocking al non-european IP addresses on my IMAP and SSH servers the amount of unauthorized authentication attempts has fallen to almost 0.
Could the reason be that abuse is taken more seriously in Europe or is that way too naive?
#infosec
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