[Tfug] Throttling SSHD

[Steven Bowers]

Take a look at fail2ban.

Mike Martinet wrote:
> Hey Folks,
> 
> A while back, someone wrote in about throttling or filtering IPs which
> generated numerous bogus login attempts to the ssh daemon.  I can't find
> my copy of that mail - can someone please repost or reply off-list with
> the instructions for locking out an IP after a certain number of failed
> logins?
> 
> This is getting out of hand!  
> 
> unknown (221.165.2.59): 1707 Time(s)
> root (210.219.251.113): 640 Time(s)
> unknown (210.219.251.113): 344 Time(s)
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> MjM
> 
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