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Subject: Re: How do I prevent unauthorized ssh login attempts?
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" Andreas Wider?e Andersen " <wodfer@gmail.com> writes:

> How can I stop these attempts or block them - or even recognize them? I do
> not have IPF installed.

There are several packages which could help, the one I prefer is a
simple pf rule set which tracks the number of connection attempts per
time unit and puts the too-chatty ones in a doghouse list of addresses.

One way to do it is described at http://home.nuug.no/~peter/pf/en/bruteforce.html

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