Russ Price wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > >Personally I would just ignore it in the logs. > > The log floods get annoying after a while, so I'm using the ipt_recent > module (CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_RECENT) to rate-limit incoming attempts to > port 22 - more than three times in 60 seconds results in a 60-second ban > from the source IP to that port. A nice startup script that can be used > as a starting point can be found at: > > <http://www.linode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=6935#6935>
A nice reference. Thanks for sharing that. > I also have switched to using public key authentication exclusively, so > password guessers won't work anyway. Me too. Bob
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