Re: Don't panic (ssh)

[Thomas Seyrat <thomas@glou.net>]

Jacques Lav!gnotte wrote:
> Jan 13 09:50:58 news sshd[897]: scanned from 216.78.148.184 with
> +SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.  Don't panic.
> Jan 13 09:50:58 news sshd[896]: Did not receive identification string from
> +216.78.148.184
> Should I really Not Panic ? :)

  Not if your SSH daemon is up to date :-)

  Actually,  this message  is  left  by the  «  scanssh  » utility  (see
  http://www.monkey.org/~provos/scanssh/),  which is  used by  sysadmins
  (or crackers) to detect weak SSH daemons on whole networks.

-- 
Thomas Seyrat.