Linux, Hosting tips

cPHulk Brute Force Protection prevents malicious forces from trying to access your server’s services by guessing the login password for that
service.

By the following steps you can remove the IP from the cphulkd blacklist. Issue the commands from mysql prompt.

mysql> use cphulkd;

mysql> select * from brutes;
+————–+————————————————————————-+———————+———————+
| IP | NOTES | BRUTETIME | EXPTIME |
+————–+————————————————————————-+———————+———————+
| 4.9.23.6 | 5 login failures attempts to account geo@geo.com (ftp) | 2011-01-07 14:54:02 | 2011-01-07 14:59:02 |
+————–+————————————————————————-+———————+———————+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> delete from brutes where IP=’4.9.23.6′;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>quit

You are done.