How do I stop bruteforce SSH login attempt?

Wed Apr 12 12:37:02 UTC 2006

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Soo-Hyun Choi schrieb:

> A few days ago, I have noticed that my system is under constant
> attack(?) with a bruteforce SSH login - e.g., from a single IP
> address, it tries like 100 ~ 200 ssh login trial with all different
> user names, and go away.

Hi,

1. you could allow login only with key. Only users with this key can
login to your maschine.

2. look at http://fail2ban.sourceforge.net
With fail2ban you can ban IPs

regards

Gunnar

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