Re: SSHd

["Arthur Pemberton" <pemboa gmail com>]

On 8/19/06, Jeff MacDonald <jam zoidtechnologies com> wrote:
> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Why does FC ship openssh with sshd allowing root logins? And are there
> > any plans to preempt the now routine sshd weak password hunting bots?
> >
> > Arthur Pemberton
> >
> I am +1 on the idea of fixing this in the shipped configuration
> (disallow root logins). the way I've gotten rid of the bots is to run a
> script called "denyhosts" that does a good job of things once configured
> by blocking any host that fails a login 3 times in a row. it's slick :)

Yah. I am well aware of denyhosts, and I see it in extras, but if sshd
is being shipped on my default with the default port, hostdeny should
also be setup by default.
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