Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Blocking login attempts to sshd and vsftpd
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:03:53
Message-Id: 20091115062155.GA19709@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Blocking login attempts to sshd and vsftpd by Richard Marza
1 On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 07:07:28PM -0500, Richard Marza wrote
2
3 > Thank you for the information, I did find that denyhost and fail2ban in
4 > threads but there were issues with it not working properly. Some users
5 > created custom scripts to get the job done correctly.
6
7 Have you considered not allowing password-based logins at all for ssh?
8 Use RSA keys instead. It's much easier, and much more secure.
9
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11 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Blocking login attempts to sshd and vsftpd Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Blocking login attempts to sshd and vsftpd Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>