2009/1/16 Jeff Soules <sou...@gmail.com>: >> While in general I agree, in this case you could say that I am sitting >> here as a honeypot. No legitimate users will try connecting via SSH on >> port 22, and certainly not over the big bad internet. The only reason >> that I have sshd running here is for another machine on the LAN to ssh >> in on a different port. > > That would seem to reduce the difficulties associates with logging > random users' passwords. However, that makes me wonder what the point > is -- are you just curious as to how random crackers start their > dictionary attacks? >
Yes. > Besides, if you're only SSHing on the lan, you might be better off > from a security standpoint by just dropping foreign-IP packets to 22 > and whatever SSH port you actually use. If there is no legitimate > traffic, why even give attackers a login prompt? > Just to see what they are doing. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
