[CentOS] How to delay failed ssh auth

Mon Dec 1 17:22:56 UTC 2008
James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of Veiko Kukk
> Sent: 28 November 2008 07:06
> To: centos at centos.org
> Subject: [CentOS] How to delay failed ssh auth
>
> Hi!
>
> I need to delay failed ssh password authentication as an additional
> measure against brute force ssh attacks. I understand, that shoud be
> accomplished through pam, but googling gave me no example. I have
> CentOS
> 5.2.
>
> --
> Veiko Kukk

You may find this thread helpful.

http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-January/051102.html

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