On Sunday 10 July 2005 10:24, Matt Peter wrote: > I'm receiving a few hundred failed ssh login attempts per day. I'm > not worried about it, since they appear automated and ssh is locked > down appropriately. I'd like to be able to IP ban these connections > after a set number of failed login attempts. I'd rather not put ssh > on a nonstandard port since I'd need to specify it on the cli every > time I ssh (right?). You can specify a port in your ~/.ssh/config like so:
Host server HostName <your-server-ip> User joe Port 777 ForwardAgent yes ForwardX11 yes Then you can simply just type 'ssh server'. HTH, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]