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Re: web alternative to knockd for a "secure" sshd server?



On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 16:03 +0300, Nick Demou wrote:
> On 4/20/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@connexer.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 12:47:20PM +0300, Nick Demou wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > Any other idea of simple measures that will keep as many attackers
> > > away from the one and only service that is listening to the Internet?
> > >
> > Well, if which outbound ports are available is a real concern, then
> > consider the following:
> >
> >  - rate-limit new ssh connections (I use this)
> > [this] will keep your logs from getting cluttered (and will also slow
> > attackers down greatly so that they take longer to get to other people's
> > machines).
> do you mean to configure iptables in order to limit cons/min?
> what rules do you use? any pointer to the web?
Try:
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/187



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