I've just written an article on preventing brute force hack attempts I thought you all might be interested in reading at
http://www.webhostgear.com/240.html

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Steve

This is a very nice compilation of information. I can see this being very benneficial.

Wow, thank you for the post! Will read the rest of this tonight. This topic has been buggin me for quite some time.

Good read for those of us worried about hackers using brute force to gain access to vulnarable systems and scripts. Even though there is really no way to not get hacked (depending on the level of experience and if your not connected to the net at all), it always good to be as safe as possible. Thanks for the post.

Great howto, thanks for sharing