Re: Find out host of IP

[andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com>]

Ralph Katz wrote:

On 06/10/2007 12:26 PM, David Baron wrote:
  

Someone is trying to ssh on to my system. Trying on several ports. Not the 
first time, either. Thankfully, he does not have a password. Besides a bunch 
of Deprecated option ReverseMappingCheck, so far no harm done.

Since my logs have this IP number, how do I find out who it is?
    

Other replies address the question, but you could install fail2ban to
throttle the attacks from anywhere.  fail2ban is a wonderful solution!

Ralph


  

Ralph

What does fail2ban actually do. As my machine is behind an OBSD firewall, would it still be relevant?

Cheers

A

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