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Subject: Re: securing SSH, FBSD systems
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John DeStefano wrote:
> 
> Would someone mind briefly talking about securing
> FBSD systems from such attacks, at least in a manner
> that's a bit more extensive and

Let sshd also listen on another port and use a
firewall.
My firewall permits default port 22 connections
only from IP the more or less trusted local university
network.
The firewall requires that everybody else connects
to the other sshd port.

I managed to get rid of these attacks this way.

Rob.

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