Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 12:39:12 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Beech Rintoul <beech@freebsd.org> Cc: Gilles <gilles.ganault@free.fr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [SSHd] Increasing wait time? Message-ID: <20080506173912.GB85015@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <200805060931.18936.beech@freebsd.org> References: <q7412457qoumm8v8dbth10fug2ctbrlfp0@4ax.com> <200805060931.18936.beech@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 09:31:15AM -0800, Beech Rintoul wrote: > > > > Is there a way to configure SSHd, so that the wait time between > > login attempts increases after X failed tries? > > Not that I know of. You should look into denyhosts (in the ports) it > works well and even has a RBL feature to block some of these script > kiddies proactively. Unfortunately, these attempts have become a fact > of life. I probably get 20 - 30 attempts a day between my various > servers. Depending on how you use ssh from external systems you could add firewall rules to disallow all but known sources. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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