Jarry writes:

> I just noticed my /var/log/sshd.log is suddenly somehow big.
> 
> After checking it out I have found a lot of messages like this:
> > 2011-02-21T03:49:21+00:00 obelix sshd[19767]: SSH: Server;Ltype:
> > Version;Remote: my.ip.add.ress-56254;Protocol: 2.0;Client:
> > OpenSSH_5.8p1-hpn13v10
> 
> This message was recorded on 2011-02-14T17:45:24+00:00 for
> the first time, and since then exactly every 2 minutes.
> I think it was the day when I updated to openssh-5.6-p1-r2.
> 
> So first of all, what does the message mean? And next,
> how can I turn it off, or at least reduce its frequency?

Now that you mention it, I see the same messages. This also started 
happening since I upgraded to openssh-5.8_p1-r1.
But I have them only when someone connnects to my server, not every two 
minutes.

        Wonko

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