On 10/11/05, Erik Anderson <erikerik@...> wrote:
> On 10/11/05, APerez@... <APerez@...> wrote:
> >
> > I have a question:
> >
> > Is there an application/program which can send an email whenever this
> > ssh attack happen?
>
> You've already received a few other suggestions, but I thought I'd
> throw my personal favorite into the mix:
>
> http://denyhosts.sf.net
>
> An ebuild was recently added for denyhosts, but it's masked currently
> (~x86).  I'm using it on many servers and haven't run into any
> problems as of yet.
>
> -Erik
>
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I hacked up a little something to do exactly that--send emails... You
might think it sucks, but hey, I'm an amateur! It does work, though...
:-)

http://transplant.dyndns.org/sv/strange_vagaries_codex/rubysyslog-ng-qmail-inject-handler/

Be forewarned that it relies upon a rather strict set of
requirements--ruby, syslog-ng, and qmail. It could concievably be
modified to fit other modes, but why wouldn't you want to use that
combination? It's the best...

/NKT

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