Re: [SLUG] Chinese intruder yesterday

[Morgan Storey <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am a big fan of the denyhosts package, it can warn you via email or sms
gateway and lock IP's out on x number of failed attempts. There is also port
knocking that I have found useful for remote support, but it is too
difficult for end users I think.


On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Robert Collins
<robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Also, passwordauthentication no in sshd_config
>
> is a very useful step ;)
>
> -Rob
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