13 Dec
2004
13 Dec
'04
11:46 a.m.
Russell Fulton wrote:
Yup, there are several scripts available for brute forcing ssh logins, these attacks have been prevalent for several months now. The attacking host is almost certainly compromised so if it belongs to someone with obvious contact info then drop them a note and do the rest of the 'Net a favour!
Moving the ssh port to something else that 22 seems to help as well. -- Juha