full-disclosure - Re: targetted SSH bruteforce attacks

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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:35:42 -0400
From: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein@...ohio.edu>
To: dink@...inkydink.com
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: targetted SSH bruteforce attacks

> Note that with iptables you can leave ssh on port 22 but have it answer
> on other ports.  See http://proxyobsession.net/?p=869
>   

Or just change the entry in ./etc/sshd_config

# What ports, IPs and protocols we listen for
Port 22

>>From man(5)sshd_config :

Port:    Specifies the port number that sshd(8) listens on.  The default
is 22.  Multiple options of this type are permitted.  See also
ListenAddress.

Cheers,

Michael Holstein
Cleveland State University

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