On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 04:15:28PM -0600, J.D. Bronson wrote: > At 03:57 PM 11/11/2005, Joachim Schipper wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 04:44:46PM -0500, stan wrote: > >> I;ve got a machien that seems to getting atacked by what appears to be a > >> simplistic "brute force" attck. it's getting hit multiple ties a second > >> with bogus root login attempts, my guess is that they are trying > >dictionary > >> atacks on the password for root. > >> > >> Any sugestions as to how to deal with this? Change the port ssh is > >> listening on maybe? > > > >PermitRootLogin no? > >AllowUsers me? > >AllowGroups ssh-users? > >PasswordAuthentication no? > >Port XYZ? > > > ># passwd? > > or maybe something like this (untested): > > If your running pf: > > Cool!
I'll play with that one on a test machine. Thanks. -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967
