How can I restrict users' connection attempts to my FTP server?

Question

Is there any way possible to restrict user to make a connection to the FTP server on my Windows XP computer? I have an FTP server established in Windows XP and now I want to make access to that FTP server restricted to deny brute force attacks.

If the machine was Linux then I would use an iptables chain to restrict users' connection attempts, for example to deny user after 6 connection attempts in one second.

So can I do this in Windows?

Answer 1

Windows XP's firewall does not do the connection-limiting that you are asking for.

To limit the number of connections, you would have to use a different firewall that had that feature, or look to see if the FTP server you are using had a similar feature.

Free Windows FTP Server: FileZilla

To limit incoming connections in FileZilla: File -> Site Manager -> Transfer Settings -> Limit number of simutaeous connections

Answer 2

Have you thought about just using the windows firewall API? Should give you more than enough control based on what you are trying to do.