On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 22:37:26 +0800, Holden Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My logwatch has been reporting lately of several failed attempts of > somebody logging in to my ssh server. It is obvious from the logs that > somebody is trying to guess my root password. My only security > protection at this time is to disable root log-ins. > > I would like to know how the others here protect their ssh server. > > Holden
Mine's the same... i don't allow root access via ssh. But i'm not sure this will also disallow sudo-ing from another account. (?) I think you could also specify the ips that'll be allowed to access your box. AFAIK, it's in /etc/hosts.allow HTH -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
