Brute force attacks are the most common type of attack on networks. This method of attack tries out a variety of potential passwords in the shortest possible time, until the right one is found. One form of protection against brute-force attacks is to react to one or more successive failed attempts by delaying the time until the entry is allowed to be attempted again.
Configure the protection against brute-force attacks in LANconfig under in the section Brute force protection.
- Lock after
- Specify how many unsuccessful attempts are permitted before the entry lock takes effect.
- Lock duration
- Specify for how long the entry lock is to apply.
You can use the console to display the current status of the brute-force protection with the command show pbbruteprotector:
- show pbbruteprotector
- Shows all of the MAC addresses that are associated with the Public Spot.
- show pbbruteprotector [MAC address[ MAC address [ ...]]]
- Specifying one or more space-separated MAC addresses shows the status of all of the respective MAC addresses.
Note: MAC addresses are specified in the format 11:22:33:44:55:66, 11-22-33-44-55-66 or 112233445566.
