Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:12:14 -0700 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> Cc: James Strother <jstrother9109@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: limit number of ssh connections Message-ID: <86fwjst6ld.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <4E77A37A.3090406@ifdnrg.com> (Paul Macdonald's message of "Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:18:02 %2B0100") References: <CAAOvGP2Gj0=ZAYZn2KZYUa3NTCHVtUdtQqHumM1D5Ea26dzPrQ@mail.gmail.com> <946851316461449@web97.yandex.ru> <CAAOvGP3uPgcA2L%2B3%2BaLuAkyy3m72L3fxeDbt67gF1iC2xPMitQ@mail.gmail.com> <4E77A37A.3090406@ifdnrg.com>
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>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> writes: Paul> in my experience running ssh on a high port cuts the amount of unwanted ssh Paul> connections to approximately zero, in fact i got a surprise when seeing a sec Paul> log from a box which i hadn't done this for I run sshd on 443 (for firewall-bending reasons), and the only connections I see there are people trying to break into the web. Never an actual sshd hit. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion
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