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Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge (InformationWeek)Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge (InformationWeek)Posted May 14, 2008 17:23 UTC (Wed) by ikm (subscriber, #493)In reply to: Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge (InformationWeek) by leoc Parent article: Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge (InformationWeek)
I second that. Drops from thousands of attempts a day to zero. While it won't give too much security in case of a deliberately planned attack on you, most of the attacks are just automated scripts which check for root=root, lp=lp, etc, creating a mess in the logs.
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Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge (InformationWeek) Posted May 15, 2008 15:02 UTC (Thu) by jhardin (guest, #3297) [Link] In addition to changing the listen port on your system, put a TCP tarpit (e.g. LaBrea) on port 22.
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