On 2011-02-20, at 9:05 AM, "Alex" <mysqlstudent@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. FWIW, I would most assuredly notice fail2ban stopping in an extremely short period of time due to the notification emails of newly jailed ips stopping. > >> 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 -- 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