On Thu, 11 Jan 2024, Russell Senior wrote:
TL;DR, this is using password guessing. Solution: use better passwords or turn off passwords altogether and use ssh authorized_keys.
Or, if some local operations rely on passwords but you want remote users to use keys instead, then add a Host stanza to sshd_config, e.g.,
# most of sshd_config here, then at the end, altering the # cidr block as necessary PasswordAuthentication no PermitRootLogin no Match Address 192.168.30.0/24 PasswordAuthentication yes PermitRootLogin yes -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com 45°22'48" N, 122°35'36" W
