Re: Disabling access to SSH

["Nikita V. Youshchenko" <yoush@cs.msu.su>]

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> Hi All,
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> I'm trying to restrict access to my ssh server from the outside to
> allow only two IP adresses and the internal lan ofcourse.
> And deny access to everyone else.
> 
> People are trying the guess a username and password tactic a little
> too much to my liking...
> 
> Do I use hosts.deny, hosts.allow for this? If so, which one takes
> precedence?

I think it's better to set up firewall rules with iptables.
Just deny connects to port 22 from anywhere but your lan and hosts.