[SlugBug] ssh account lockouts

[Chris]

Hi

On Thu 22-Jul-2004 at 03:21:27PM +0100, Bill Best wrote:
> 
> well more specifically, my servers are getting repeatedly probed
> by 'burglars trying the locks' so when someone tries to log in but
> fails as 'guest', 'test' and 'admin' then i want to ban further
> attempts from that IP.

Hmm, well I guess it depends how many people need access to these
boxes, if it's not so many I'd suggest either limiting when people
can ssh in from to a limited number of static IP addresses or only
allow key based access or even do both....

Chris

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