> Sometimes about 2500 times an hour. It's just > very annoying. > > So sshd is constantly busy rejecting illegal users. > When I don't need access to that server, I shut down > sshd. Perhaps take a look at the recent thread: Re: SSH attack And my reply about a new package, fail2ban: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/10/msg00430.html Regards, Ralph