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On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:54:51 -0500 |
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"Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 06:30:03AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote |
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> > This is nothing like changing the port for SSH - a port scanner can |
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> > figure that one out in seconds... |
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> A real BOFH would set up a dummy instance of sshd on the regular |
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> port, as well as a real sshd instance on another port. The dummy |
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> instance could be set up to always fail the login attempt, and with |
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> special iptable rules to not clutter up your logfile. |
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Actually a real sysadmin[1] would run ssh standardly plus OSSEC with |
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active rules and dynamically block our Chinese friends |
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[1] "real sysadmin" being defined as the quintessentially lazy dude who |
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is really not into causing himself pain or doing anything that would |
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increase support tickets in his inbox |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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