From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 2 13:19:08 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08A7C16A4CE for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:19:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxsf24.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf24.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 566E543D2F for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:19:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from mxip23.cluster1.charter.net (mxip23a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.153])j22DIt5m019012 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 08:19:04 -0500 Received: from c68.115.42.98.static.ona.wi.charter.com (HELO [10.0.1.2]) (68.115.42.98) by mxip23.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 02 Mar 2005 08:18:55 -0500 X-Ironport-AV: i="3.90,129,1107752400"; d="scan'208"; a="198088976:sNHT13992500" In-Reply-To: <20050302085135.B23556@mail.rot-1.de> References: <20050302075507.P23359@mail.rot-1.de> <20050302074659.GA22958@mccme.ru> <20050302085135.B23556@mail.rot-1.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <741ae773f75538beb9773fdba82dabb7@secure-computing.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric F Crist Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 07:18:53 -0600 To: Stevan Tiefert X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: "Eugene M. Minkovskii" Subject: Re: sshd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:19:08 -0000 On Mar 2, 2005, at 1:53 AM, Stevan Tiefert wrote: > Thanks Eugene, but I can not close myself out with a firewall. I need > the > access to my system over the internet. Am I right that in this case, > only > a good password is protecting me? > > With regards > Stevan Tiefert Steven, Change the port sshd runs on in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Once I changed the port, I stopped seeing all those log in attempts. HTH _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson