Michael Olson wrote: > Adam Megacz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> I would like to add the line >> >> Port 22 >> >> to deleuze:/etc/ssh/sshd_config. Does anybody object to this? >> > > This sounds reasonable to me. If this change is OK with docelic, then I > will install the denyhosts package on deleuze so that ssh script kiddies > are kept out -- I use it on all of the machines that I maintain. I'm > assuming that was the reason that we went with the nonstandard port > (namely: ssh kiddies). > >
I second the motion for denyhosts. I run it on my home workstation and see an average of three hosts running dictionary attacks on my machine blocked per day. Maybe it's not necessary since my passwords are strong, but it makes me feel better that they're all blocked after three failed attempts. Thanks for setting this up, Michael. :) Justin _______________________________________________ HCoop-SysAdmin mailing list [email protected] http://hcoop.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hcoop-sysadmin
