Re: Logging passwords of SSH attacks

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

2009/1/16 Gavin Elliot Jones <gavin@grassfield.co.uk>:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 08:10:44PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> How can I start logging the passwords attempted as well as the
>> usernames? Thanks.
>
> I don't think the standard SSH daemon can log passwords. After all it
> would be a security risk if passwords started appearing in log files.
>
> As I understand it, you would need to alter the source code of the SSH
> daemon and rebuild it to get that functionality. People doing that
> though usually only run the modified SSH on a 'honeypot' box that is
> there purely to capture log in attempts for further analysis.
>

I see, Gavin, and I do agree that this is honeypot area. Thanks.

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