From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 12 07:02:17 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61BE816A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:02:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13C6043D45 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:02:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j0C72Fj65818; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:02:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "artware" , Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:02:15 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Blacklisting IPs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:02:17 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of artware > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:06 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Blacklisting IPs > > > These types of attacks don't seem directed -- it's more like fishing > for unprotected systems. > > FWIW, changing the ssh port dropped the illegal user attempts > to 0 instantly... > I'm sure it did, why does that matter though? Your not intending to run an unprotected system? The point was that your no more secure than you were previously. Fishing attempts aren't what you need to worry about being protected from. Ted