Tim Alberts wrote: > 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 at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > 1. Change the default port 2. use only SSH protocol 2 3. Install some brute force protection which can automatically ban an IP on say 5 / 10 failed login attempts 4. ONLY allow SSH access from your IP, if it's static. Or signup for a DynDNS account, and then only allow SSH access from your DynDNS domain -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stugg