Can failed login attempts be reset over a period of time?
DenyHosts will automatically block hosts that fail to successfully login after a user configured threshold is exceeded. Starting with version 1.1, DenyHosts will automatically reset the failed login attempts to 0 when a host fails to login and the previous failed attempt from this same host exceeds the respective AGE_RESET_* value. The AGE_RESET_* parameters are optional. If not provided, failed login attempts per host will not be reset automatically (this is the behavior in previous versions of DenyHosts). The following parameters can be specified in the DenyHosts configuration file: • AGE_RESET_VALID – applies to login attempts to existant users (those that appear in /etc/passwd) with the exception of the root user • AGE_RESET_ROOT – applies to the root user account • AGE_RESET_INVALID – applies to non-existant users (those that do not appear in /etc/passwd) • AGE_RESET_RESTRICTED – (new in 2.1) applies to usernames that are optionally defined in WORK_DIR/restricted-usernames (typica
