[cumbria_lug] Preventing SSH attacks

[Steve]

Schwuk wrote:
> Seeing as we have at least one firewall expert on here...
> 
> I've found a technique for preventing the common SSH login attack (which
> my web server suffers from), and wondered what people thought of it
> before I tried implementing it.
> 
> http://www.soloport.com/iptables.html
> 


I'm intreagued by the module.  If you try it, I'd be very interested to 
hear how it goes.  On the outside, it seems like a smart idea.. [prod 
port to open other] [access SSH] [prod port to stop new SSH connections] 
[continue with existing session]