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RE: Stop Brute Force Attack on SSH


Yes, currently I disable root, disable password, (only allow keys).  The one
idea I had as a last resort was to change the port from 22.  Doing this
would require all users to update their client side.  I was hoping to make a
change on the server, some software that could help protect ssh.



-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of
Howard Chu
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 7:08 PM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Stop Brute Force Attack on SSH

Kyle Dawson wrote:
> How can I stop attacks on my ssh demon?   I see thousands of attempts
every
> day.  I have, I believe good password policy but since I have clients,
not
> 100% sure.  Is there some config that  I can set?  One ip address comes in
> and tries for a day or so.  Can it see that it is the same ip and just
> deny?  Any tools that can help?

I see the same thing once in a while. I've wanted an option for this as
well. 
Sometimes I black-hole the offending IP address so I don't have to see the 
failures in the log files any more.

In the meantime, I just disable password-based logins, and require everyone
to 
use a public key.

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   Chief Architect, Symas Corp.  http://www.symas.com
   Director, Highland Sun        http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
   Chief Architect, OpenLDAP     http://www.openldap.org/project/

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