26 Dec
2005
26 Dec
'05
1:04 a.m.
On Sun, 2005-12-25 at 21:24 -0800, Gerald wrote:
It looks like i'm getting a dictionary attack on my system. I moved ssh to another port instead of 22 in hopes that would put a halt to it but it did not. Any recommendations to improve security here?
Since you ask for "any" recommendations...
If you don't need remote SSH access, configure the server not to listen to the outside world. Other options might be to limit what addresses it'll accept connections from, or which accounts can be remotely logged into.
Even longer passwords than you care for, to make it harder to brute force crack.
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