AW: [CentOS] Securing SSH

[Marc Rebischke]

So I setup ssh on a server so I could do some work from home and I think 
the second I opened it every sorry monkey from around the world has been 
trying every account name imaginable to get into the system.

What's a good way to deal with this?

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- Try to get a static ip from your isp
and configure your Firewall only to allow
Ssh-Traffic from your static IP-Adress

- Take a closer look at "FailBan" to prevent
Dictionary Attacks on well known Usernames

- Ignore these poor souls (if they have one)


Regards
Marc Rebischke