Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 21:33:03 -0600 From: James Harrison <oscartheduck@gmail.com> To: "Matt Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh under attack - sessions in accepted state hogging CPU Message-ID: <EDE343D4-0B69-4425-B987-302EF5A7FED0@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ED433058084C4B0FAE9C516075BF0440@hermes> References: <ED433058084C4B0FAE9C516075BF0440@hermes>
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Hi Matt, >=20 > I know there's not much I can do about the brute force attacks, but = will upgrading openssh avoid these stuck connections? 1. switch over to using solely RSA keys 2. switch to a non-standard port 3. what version of openssh are you currently using? Best James=
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