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Date:      Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:51:28 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Mohd Fazli Azran <mfazliazran@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Increase in SSH attacks as of announcement of rtld bug 
Message-ID:  <18401.1259761888@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:25:08 EST." <200912021324.nB2DOc58001138@lava.sentex.ca> 

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In message <200912021324.nB2DOc58001138@lava.sentex.ca>, Mike Tancsa writes:
>At 07:51 AM 12/2/2009, Mohd Fazli Azran wrote:

>The only way to deal with them I found [...]

A very efficient measure:  Move your sshd to another port number.

You can configure the port in your .ssh/config file:

	Host foobar
		port 122

so you don't have to remember it.


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