Re: Logging passwords of SSH attacks

["Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen@gmail.com>]

2009/1/16 Jeff Soules <soules@gmail.com>:
>> While in general I agree, in this case you could say that I am sitting
>> here as a honeypot. No legitimate users will try connecting via SSH on
>> port 22, and certainly not over the big bad internet. The only reason
>> that I have sshd running here is for another machine on the LAN to ssh
>> in on a different port.
>
> That would seem to reduce the difficulties associates with logging
> random users' passwords.  However, that makes me wonder what the point
> is -- are you just curious as to how random crackers start their
> dictionary attacks?
>

Yes.

> Besides, if you're only SSHing on the lan, you might be better off
> from a security standpoint by just dropping foreign-IP packets to 22
> and whatever SSH port you actually use.  If there is no legitimate
> traffic, why even give attackers a login prompt?
>

Just to see what they are doing.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

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