[Tfug] OT: Reporting Network Abuse?

[George Cohn]

Bill Pier wrote:
> One try on the username access for ssh seems a bit drastic; I recall
> that I have mistyped
> my own userID previously and I would not want to be locked out of my own
> box (from a remote loc.)
> for a typing error.

There are only two authorized users on my box.  The fail2ban blocks that 
IP for 60 minutes then I can try again.

I've never locked myself out yet but I've seen a lot of hackers get 
locked out.

They usually give up and don't try again due to the long wait period.

George Cohn