25 Mar
2008
25 Mar
'08
7:16 p.m.
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?
_______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ######################### - 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