Block repeated illegal or failed SSH logins
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Revision as of 23:42, 17 August 2009 by 200.164.74.75 (Talk)
Introduction
We're starting to see a rash of password guessing attacks via SSH on exposed BSD servers which are running the SSH daemon. These login attempts are coming from multiple addresses, which makes some people suspect that they're being carried out by a network of "bots" rather than a single attacker.
Limiting SSH login sessions
In your sshd_config file the following settings can also help slow down such attacks.
- LoginGraceTime
- The server disconnects after this time if the user has not successfully logged in. If the value is 0, there is no time limit. The default
