On 4/26/05, Peter Kropholler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I run a server at home on port 22. > There are loads of illegal user attempts to login > every few days. As its at home I protect myself > by having only one user on the sshd AllowUsers > list and with a very strong password and no > admin/sysman priveleges. > > So essentially every failed login attempt is illegal. > > Is there any way to actually record what passwords > the hackers' scripts are trying? I am just really intrigued > to know what they are thinking might work. > > I realize that it's not normally appropriate to log people's > passwords but in my case I am literally the only user > who will ever legitimately login to my machine > ______________________________
Moving your ssh port away from port 22 seems to stop these attempts. These logons seem to come from cracked Linux boxes. This issue has been discussed quite a lot on this list. For a non-list discussion, see http://www.freebsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27683 =Adriaan= _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"