Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> Tim Alberts wrote:
>> So I setup ssh on a server so I could do some work from home and I
>> think the second I opened it every sorry monkey from around the world
>> has been trying every account name imaginable to get into the system.
>>
>> What's a good way to deal with this?
>>
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> 1. Change the default port
> 2. use only SSH protocol 2
> 3. Install some brute force protection which can automatically ban an IP
> on say 5 / 10 failed login attempts
> 4. ONLY allow SSH access from your IP, if it's static. Or signup for a
> DynDNS account, and then only allow SSH access from your DynDNS domain
>
Fail2Ban is a good brute force protector. It works in conjunction with
IPTables to block IPs that are "attacking" for a said duration of time. :)
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