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Enable Account Lockout on CentOS VPS

Category: Security

Set account lockout—a login security—on a CentOS VPS—edit /etc/pam d/sshd:
auth required pam_tally2.so deny=5 unlock_time=600
apply on restart On Linode secures hosting—blocks repeated login attempts

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