From: Jarrod Frates (jfrates.ml@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 05 2006 - 11:56:42 EDT
On 4 Jun 2006 00:04:15 -0000, anony@mouse.com <anony@mouse.com> wrote:
> I strongly disagree with changing the port sshd listens on to "solve" this attack. It is completely unnecessary.
I've found some success with Fail2Ban, which adds in iptables rules
after a specified number of bad attempts, and I monitor the reports
for repetitive IP addresses or blocks, adding them to a permanent ban
list. The number of failures per day decreased from 20K+ to under 50.
Jarrod
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