On 11/11/05, stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I;ve got a machien that seems to getting atacked by what appears to be a > simplistic "brute force" attck. it's getting hit multiple ties a second > with bogus root login attempts, my guess is that they are trying dictionary > atacks on the password for root. > > Any sugestions as to how to deal with this? Change the port ssh is > listening on maybe? > > -- > U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong > Terror > - New York Times 9/3/1967 > >
Hey, As daft as it sounds, have youtried using OS fingerprinting to block linux hosts on ports 22. I had the same problem, and this fixed it for sure ;). Great until you need to connect using a linux box. Best Regards Edd
