Thanks for the input Chad.  Currently our Domino server is fairly locked down and have all the relaying controls in place.  I was interested in knowing if there is a mechanism built into Domino similar to what Microsoft has for IIS 7.5 and 8 where if a connection is repeatedly initiated, it will "blacklist" the IP and/or sender and simply ignore/reject any further connection requests.  It's somewhat specialized but it definitely works as the hack attempts on our FTP server went from thousands a day to virtually none.  Of course, it's functionality is governed by how many attempts are made over a predetermined amount of time.

I wish I had the ability to create what we used to call back in the DOS days as a TSR that would perform the blacklist of this type of hack attempt.  Most of these I'm quite certain originate from a host different than what displays in the connect string and so there is possibly no real way to blacklist the correct entry but at least it would eliminate the attempt in the beginning.  Thanks for taking the time to help....  On to another subject.

Ben,

That method is exactly what I am trying to find.  It is similar if not identical to what Microsoft made available for IIS 7.5 and what comes natively in IIS 8.  If I had a Linux based installation, I would definitely be working it to see it operate, unfortunately, I'm a 2008R2 platform.  There must be an IBM coder who could place that functionality into the Domino server...  would sure eliminate a lot of hack attacks.