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Re: Stop Brute Force Attack on SSH


On 18/02/2008, Kyle Dawson <kyle.a.dawson@gmail.com> wrote:
> How can I stop attacks on my ssh demon?   I see thousands of attempts every
> day.  I have, I believe good password policy but since I have clients,  not
> 100% sure.  Is there some config that  I can set?  One ip address comes in
> and tries for a day or so.  Can it see that it is the same ip and just
> deny?  Any tools that can help?
>
>
I have changed the port that my ssh daemon runs on.

Security through obscurity may be no security at all - but tell that
to my logfiles!


-- 
AdamT
"I've had death threats - well, OK, a petition."
 - Jack Dee

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