Hi, >> Fail2ban is easy to set up, and I've seen it stop attempts here. Everything helps, but this is one that I wouldn't really rely on, in case the log file format for ssh changed in some way, or the script died and it wasn't noticed. > I am paranoid about ssh and welcome suggestions that increase my ssh > security configuration, in particular, and overall security, in general. All great ideas. You haven't mentioned hosts.allow/deny. Perhaps you referencing that in your comment about googleing for China IP addresses? I also recently found this: # Google Authenticator http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1066447 This is apparently some application that somehow integrates with your phone to authenticate you with ssh? Anyone have any success with this? Thanks, Alex -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines