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Re: shutting out dictionary attacks on ssh passwords



On 28/06/2011 6:38 AM, Erik E. Fair wrote:
For those of us with public IP addresses, what is the most popular
and effective way to shut out the various door-knob turners who
keep trying account/password combinations again ssh and other such
services?


denyhosts, it's in pkgsrc.



I'm tired of spew on the consoles and log entries ... and I'd prefer
to shut the door-knob turners out than silence the screaming daemons.

        Erik<fair%netbsd.org@localhost>



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