Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Oliver Schad <o.schad@×××.de>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] hackers
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:39:59
Message-Id: 434BB0DC.1070005@web.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] hackers by APerez@cds.ca
1 APerez@×××.ca wrote:
2 >
3 > I have a question:
4 >
5 > Is there an application/program which can send an email whenever this
6 > ssh attack happen?
7
8 Yes, you need grep, mail, wc and a counter. But you don't want to do
9 this. I count round about 65000 failed login attempts in last 6 month.
10
11 > A few months ago I got 300 attempts which made me close ssh port
12 > and stop using it for a while.
13
14 You need good passwords to be secure. That's all.
15
16 Best regards
17 Oli
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