Block hack attempts from all foreign & unknown locations.
Simple host.deny to exclude most countries by default & greatly reduces hackers opportunity to gain access your system
The file /etc/hosts.deny on Unix/Linux can block login attempts based on counties. The below is a simple host.deny file to block all countries but your own ( in my case Australia), sure this is not the whole answer to securing a system but it sure cuts down the number of hack attempts.
sudo vi /etc/hosts.allow
#
# hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which are
# *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
# by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#
# We will block *all* the counrties
#
ALL: .stsoftware.com.au
ALL: .jobtrack.com.au
sudo vi /etc/hosts.deny
#
# hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which are
# *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
# by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#
# We will block *all* the counrties
#
ALL: ALL