[Tfug] OT: Reporting Network Abuse?

[Robert Hunter]

On 6/24/07, Christopher Robbins <robbinsc at gmail.com> wrote:
> In leaving SSH open, I've noticed a ton of failed login attempts, like
this...

Hi, Chris.  Looks like that IP is in China somewhere.  Perhaps I am
being pessimistic, but I doubt a report would have any effect.  One
very simple thing you could use in order to mitigate these kinds of
break-in attempts -- and it has worked well for me -- is TCP wrappers.
 Define who can and cannot connect to services on your box via
/etc/hosts.{allow,deny}, and that should prevent those clowns from
ever getting a login prompt on your box again.

PS.  I don't consider this post OT at all.

-- 
Rob