[CentOS] Odd issue with fail2ban

Mon Aug 13 16:41:47 UTC 2012
Gé Weijers <ge at weijers.org>

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Leonard den Ottolander
<leonard at den.ottolander.nl> wrote:
> Hello Mark,
>
> On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 11:30 -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> Aug 10 17:44:56 <my server> sshd[12350]: Connection from 114.113.199.142
>> port 511
>> 871
>> Aug 10 17:44:57 <my server> sshd[12341]: Received disconnect from
>> 114.113.199.144
>> 2: 11: Bye Bye
>
> The above looks like someone connecting then disconnecting without even
> attempting a login.

Some attack programs are too stupid to give up even if they find that
password and keyboard interactive authentication is turned off. One
kept trying for weeks.

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Gé