hi all, does it exists a deamon wich may detect attacks and simply block the connections from that ip during like a couple of hours ? regards mat On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 00:48:00 +0100, James Wilkinson <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Randy Kelsoe wrote: > > I also had an attempt last week that tried to login as root, admin, > > test, and guest, then tried unsuccessfully to login as root 3,415 times. > > I have the "PermitRootLogin no" set in my /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, so > > they should not be able to get in even if they do guess the root password. > > Good advice. I like using the AllowGroups or AllowUsers directives so > that only listed user accounts can log on. *All* the system accounts > will be barred. (Not that any of them should have a valid password > anyway, but there you go...) > > James. > > -- > E-mail address: james | "Isn't air travel wonderful? Breakfast in London, > @westexe.demon.co.uk | dinner in New York, luggage in Brazil." > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >