... Sigh ......

[Kurt Wall]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 03:25:48PM -0700, Ken Moffat wrote:
> Ben Duncan wrote:
> > Me to person setting up my Web Server:
> >
> > Dont' ya think we outta move the sshd port to a unknown port and
> > use psk ?


> > &$%^@#%$!(@&#$^!)#$%^)!@(#%$&%^ ...
> > after seeing that someone launched a dictionary attack JUST
> > 6 hours I set up sshd - that ran for 8 hours against my server ...
> >
> > ME to web person: sshd has been moved to port #### and WE will be using
> > psk starting tommorow ......
> >
> > Web Person: Your $HITTING me, I never had any problems before ....
> >
> 
> Have you tried "denyhosts"? Catches dictionary attacks and adds the
> attacker to /etc/hosts.deny.

denyhosts rocks!

Kurt