[CentOS] Ideas for stopping ssh brute force attacks
Eucke
eucke at eucke.com
Mon Jul 21 21:23:45 UTC 2008
Dan Carl wrote:
> Just change the default port.
> You can also limit the allowed nocks on door with iptables, but changing the
> port is much eaieer.
> Cleans up the logs real nice.
> Dan
>
I'll second that. Combining that with the SSH iptables entries to limit
the number of attempts will help as well. Those two actions will,
effectively, make the brute force impossible.
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Eucke
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