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Re: failed root login attempts



also sprach Arthur de Jong <adejong@debian.org> [2004.09.20.1201 +0200]:
> sshd[21195]: debug1: no match: libssh-0.1

I wonder whether sshd could be somehow made to just ignore when the
banner does not match.

> I'm not particularly worries since I have PermitRootLogin
> without-password in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, only allow a few users
> to ssh in anyway (use AllowGroups) and use opie passwords for
> logins without a public key.

I am more worried that real problems get hidden in between the
floods of log entries this crap causes.

And you do know that brute force crackers basically give a flying
food whether you have opie or normal passwords... the chances
differ, but not by much.

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