-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Marko A. Jennings Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 5:07 PM To: centos at centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Entries in /var/log/messages If your circumstances allow it, I suggest moving your sshd to a port other than 22. That stopped it for me. Marko On Sun, August 21, 2005 3:03 pm, Jerry Geis said: > I have quite a few entries in /var/log/messages for connection attempts. > Is there anything other > than ignoring them I can do? Example is below. > > Aug 21 15:48:19 machine sshd(pam_unix)[17903]: check pass; user unknown > Aug 21 15:48:19 machine sshd(pam_unix)[17903]: authentication failure; > logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= > rhost=wsip-24-234-149-156.lv.lv.cox.net > > THanks, > > Jerry > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > In addition, there are options in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file to limit allowed users. Such as AllowUsers username. Also, setting PermitRootLogin no Will increase safety.