See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack - that's the counterargument.
But whichever way, you don't have the right audience here. Tell upstream :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1628926 Title: Postpone login attempts if X successive attempts have failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1628926/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
