[hockeyfreak863]

Today i looked at the logs of my FTP server and i found out that someone in china tried to break my password security, there are 5718 attempts over an hour at getting into the computer at this ip address 219.134.242.67 i have blocked him on free ftp, but is there anything else i should do from stopping this Chinese ip from getting into my computer. Here is an example of the log this goes on and on to 5718 attempts.

08-25-2009 12:02:25 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator access denied
08-25-2009 12:02:25 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator disconnected
08-25-2009 12:02:26 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP connection attempt
08-25-2009 12:02:27 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator access denied
08-25-2009 12:02:27 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator access denied
08-25-2009 12:02:28 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator access denied
08-25-2009 12:02:28 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator disconnected
08-25-2009 12:02:28 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP connection attempt
08-25-2009 12:02:29 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator access denied
08-25-2009 12:02:30 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator access denied
08-25-2009 12:02:30 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator access denied
08-25-2009 12:02:30 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator disconnected
08-25-2009 12:02:31 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP connection attempt
08-25-2009 12:02:31 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator access denied
08-25-2009 12:02:32 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator access denied
08-25-2009 12:02:32 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator access denied
08-25-2009 12:02:32 IP 219.134.242.67 FTP Administrator disconnected

[lunarlander]

change your admin password to a passphrase. and make it long ( say 15 chars or more ) and use also numerals and symbols. Try also using some non-dictionary spellings.

from the numerous attempts, I would say he is trying to guess the password - not the quickest approach and it will take time. Fortunately if you make your passphrase as above, it will take him forever.