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Re: Possible hack attempt?



Daniel L. Miller:
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> I just happened, for GP, to check my auth.log file on my firewall.  I 
> found a lengthy listing that appears to be a dictionary attack against 
> me.  Can someone tell me what I'm dealing with here?

Some kind of dictionary attack. :) They are around for at least a year
now. Disable login with passwords (->pubkey only) or make sure that all
users that are allowed to login via SSH have *good* passwords.

J.
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