Sshdfilter automatically blocks ssh brute force attacks by reading sshd log output in real time and adding iptables rules based on authentication failures. Block rules are created by logging on with an invalid user name, or wrongly guessing the password for an existing account. Block rules are removed after a week to maintain a small list of blocks. It also comes with a LogWatch filter.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/sshdfilter

Summary: NAJAX 0.4.0.0 released

NAJAX is a package that can be used to call PHP classes on the Web server side from Javascript code in Web pages. It uses AJAX technology to submit HTTP requests from Javascript to pass call parameters and collect and process the responses.

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=496736

Also - the current version of the news module has a bug in it that the authors are blaming on the current version of Xoops (sigh). If you post news, please go through the additional pain of clicking the “List” button and choosing the correct username so we can tell who posted it. Hopefully this will be fixed in the future - along with making XoopsGallery a: current, b: work with PHP5.