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Re: On defense of the sshd crackers



On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 02:18:28PM +0000, T o n g wrote:
> [The is a security configuration question. Let me try it here to see if I
> can some valuable inputs before heading to newsgroup]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I used to turn on my sshd just in case that I need to ssh back into my
> box. But recently, I noticed that whenever I turn it on, almost instantly,
> there will be a cracker attempting cracking into my sshd:

fail2ban
pubkey authentication only

and then you're good. 

and frankly fail2ban is extraneous with pubkey authentication, but I
use it anyway as then sshd doesn't have to even listen to them once
they've failed.

A

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