On 01/05/2010 03:30 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > I see many entries in /var/log/secure similar to these: > > . . . > /var/log/secure.1:Dec 31 08:00:55 gway01 sshd[7220]: Received > disconnect from 93.89.144.31: 11: Bye Bye > /var/log/secure.1:Dec 31 08:00:58 gway01 sshd[7221]: Failed password > for root from 93.89.144.31 port 60100 ssh2 > /var/log/secure.1:Dec 31 08:00:58 gway01 sshd[7222]: Received > disconnect from 93.89.144.31: 11: Bye Bye > /var/log/secure.1:Dec 31 08:01:02 gway01 sshd[7223]: Failed password > for root from 93.89.144.31 port 60962 ssh2 > /var/log/secure.1:Dec 31 08:01:02 gway01 sshd[7224]: Received > disconnect from 93.89.144.31: 11: Bye Bye > /var/log/secure.1:Dec 31 08:01:05 gway01 sshd[7227]: Failed password > for root from 93.89.144.31 port 33612 ssh2 > /var/log/secure.1:Dec 31 08:01:05 gway01 sshd[7228]: Received > disconnect from 93.89.144.31: 11: Bye Bye > /var/log/secure.1:Dec 31 08:01:09 gway01 sshd[7229]: Failed password > for root from 93.89.144.31 port 34504 ssh2 > . . . > > As you can see, the ports are not those associated with the service > requested. SSHD is configured to listen on the standard port (22) > and only on a single IP address that is supposed to be reachable > only from the internal network (this is a multi-homed system > configured as a gateway). > Those are the *source ports* from the attacking host, not the destination port on which you are running SSH. I /assume/ the number enclosed in '[]' to be the pid of the sshd instance associated with the connection attempt. Hope that helps.