[Wylug-help] Security log message

[Nigel Metheringham]

On 10 Mar 2008, at 10:30, James Holden wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 08:27:00AM +0000, John Hodrien wrote:
>> ssh certainly gets a pounding from brute force attempts.  That was  
>> why I was tempted by rate limiting it.
>
> It certainly does. I tend to run SSH on unconventional ports because  
> of
> this. I see lots and lots of dictionary attacks.


I tend not to bother.  Instead I always configure ssh to accept key  
based authentication only - no passwords at all.

	Nigel.
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[ Nigel Metheringham             Nigel.Metheringham at InTechnology.com ]
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