[Tfug] Stopping repeated login attempts

Glen Pfeiffer glen at thepfeiffers.net
Thu Jan 28 10:18:07 MST 2010


On 28 Jan 2010, Jon wrote:
> On 28 Jan 2010, John Gruenenfelder wrote:
> > I second the use of DenyHosts.  I'm using it on all of my 
> > machines with Net exposed SSH access.  It is very fast and 
> > easy to set up and it works wonders against brute force 
> > attacks and will stop them in very short order.
> >
[snip]
> >
> No, no. no. According to some experts on this list you just 
> change the port number and your problem is solved. Why would 
> you want to *actually*  fix the problem when you can just 
> "move" the problem hoping no one finds  it again?

I actually haven't heard anyone recommend that changing the port 
is the only thing that should be done. Did I miss that? Or did 
you misunderstand?

-- 
Glen 





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