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Re: SSH attacks



> Hi,
>
> I am running a Mac OS X Tiger Server and I am increasingly observing
> attacks trying to log in via SSH and guessing user ids and passwords.
> The server is only accessible via SSH from the Internet and only two
> user ids whose passwords are well chosen can log in via SSH.
> Nevertheless, I would like to limit those attacks since they also
> consume quite some resources, esp. bandwidth. What are you practicing
> or suggesting? I am using the firewall which is included with Mac OS X.

I usually just change the port that ssh runs on if it gets scanned a lot.

Josh
www.afp548.com

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