From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LQkAu-0002NR-CJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:11:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9FF06E02B5; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:11:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from duke.wrkhors.com (p70-63.acedsl.com [66.114.70.63]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AE47E02B5 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:11:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by duke.wrkhors.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4470B11583BE for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:09:05 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <497B2F11.5060202@wrkhors.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:09:05 -0500 From: Steven Lembark Organization: Workhorse Computing User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090102) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Why isn't sshd blocking repeated failed login attempts? References: <200901232233.21122.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200901232233.21122.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6ea1c0ff-a7e3-4079-8803-6b78409f2996 X-Archives-Hash: 03378f09c9d77f072b8c0d472d7b427f >> How can I accomplish this?: Use a non-standard port for yourself (e.g., 2222, 34567). A port entry in your .ssh/config will handle that. With that back door you can set up any remaining rules on port 22. -- Steven Lembark 85-09 90th St. Workhorse Computing Woodhaven, NY, 11421 lembark@wrkhors.com +1 888 359 3508