[OCLUG-Tech] reduceing ssh brute force attempts with iptables

[Stephen Gregory <oclug [ at ] kernelpanic [ dot ] ca>]

There was a recent discussion about blocking or atleast reduceing ssh
brute force attempts. There is a "recent" module for netfiler/iptables
that will help.

http://blog.andrew.net.au/2005/02/16#ipt_recent_and_ssh_attacks

http://snowman.net/projects/ipt_recent/


*also posted to oclug@oclug.


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sg