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From: "A. Khattri" <ajai@××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SSH + Keys
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:00:33
Message-Id: Pine.BSO.4.58.0603081052160.11127@ida.bway.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] SSH + Keys by John Jolet
1 On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, John Jolet wrote:
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3 > I've had NO ssh portscans on my boxes since I moved them off of port
4 > 22. for security's sake, i won't tell you where I moved them to :)
5
6 I dont think moving ssh from port 22 will stop portscans but it will stop
7 brute force attacks directly on port 22.
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9 I prefer to just run denyhosts on my servers instead:
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11 # eix denyhosts
12 * app-admin/denyhosts
13 Available versions: 1.1.2 1.1.2-r1 2.1
14 Installed: 2.1
15 Homepage: http://www.denyhosts.net
16 Description: DenyHosts is a utility to help sys admins thwart ssh hackers
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Re: [gentoo-user] SSH + Keys John Jolet <john@×××××.net>