From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eastrmmtao103.cox.net (eastrmmtao103.cox.net [68.230.240.9]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40A5110B9E for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:41:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from eastrmimpo03.cox.net ([68.1.16.126]) by eastrmmtao103.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20090320024145.VCR21373.eastrmmtao103.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:41:45 -0400 Received: from cmbrannon ([68.12.115.220]) by eastrmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id VEhl1b00G4lNohg02EhlJa; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:41:45 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=v25wq-E87tdktJzqXYMA:9 a=iz24NpLie2fU4d6eN24_thkDi4YA:4 a=MxZ3bB5I4kYA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 From: Chris Brannon To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: denyhosts quandry In-reply-to: <50FA21D3B04A453D9E9EA526C4282754@tdsdev> References: <50FA21D3B04A453D9E9EA526C4282754@tdsdev> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:42:17 -0500 Message-Id: <20090320024145.VCR21373.eastrmmtao103.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:41:46 -0000 > I am running denyhosts on my linux system, to try to keep out attackers from > running a password cracker on my ssh. There is a really easy way to protect ssh from password attacks. Only allow public-key authentication. Require that people authenticate with a key when connecting, and disallow password-based authentication. See your local ssh_config manpage. -- Chris