This is a feature request that may be addressed by upstream, but certainly won't be addressed by Ubuntu in a delta. Therefore I'm marking the "openssh (Ubuntu)" task as Won't Fix for now, because we have no plans to fix it in Ubuntu. If you'd still like this feature in the openssh package, then you'll need to convince the upstream openssh maintainers to add the feature, and then Ubuntu will in time inherit it.
** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1628926 Title: Postpone login attempts if X successive attempts have failed Status in openssh package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: ** This is a feature request that regards to security. ** Please add to the login method a mechanism that postpones successive login attempts if X attempts have failed. Obviously this can be further enhanced - for example: If X successive login attempts failed, then disable that specific login method for that specific user for Y minutes. If Y minutes have passed and the additional successive attempts failed again - then disable that specific login method for that specific user for 2*Y minutes. And so on... Values of X and Y should be configured by the 'root' user. Benefits: greatly reduces the risk of remotely brute-forcing the password. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1628926/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp