[Tfug] Stopping repeated login attempts

[Claude Rubinson]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 08:06:28AM -0700, Jeff Breadner wrote:
> Only allow SSH via VPN?  That seems backwards.

The University just started doing this for its Unix accounts.  It's
rather annoying (particularly as they didn't announce it anywhere).
Is this becoming common practice?  What's the logic?  Redundant
security in case of a hole in one service?  It certainly won't improve
protection against password-based attacks, as we use the same login
and password for both services.

Claude