Re: ssh howto for debian?
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:43:21 +0000
Kevin Philp <kevin@cybercolloids.net> wrote:
> If you set up a home ssh server and expose it to the internet you
> will get brute force password break in attempts so make sure you
> restrict who can log in very tightly and deny root login access as
> a minimum. We also block connections to our SSH port if someone
> connects more than a few times in a ten minute period.
A good package to install, to help with the brute force attacks is
fail2ban.
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