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["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Knott wrote:
> David C. Rankin wrote:
> > Listmates,
> >
> >      Moving ssh to a high port has been a resounding success at completely
> > eliminating the dictionary attacks against my server. And so far, I have not
> > had one single instance since making the change. I don't have any great
> > statistics, but I do have one that shows the impact very clearly. The number 
> > of
> > log entries per 24 hour period before and after.
> >   
>
> One thing you can do, to stop dictionary attacks, is use a key, rather
> than password for access.  No amount of password guessing will get
> through if no passwords are accepted.

That seems like it is next up on my learning agenda. I already use
ssh-key authentication, I guess I just need to turn password checking off.
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