[PLUG] Break in attempt?

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Garrison <jhg at jhmg.net> writes:

Jim> I've been runnin SSH on several Internet-facing servers, and
Jim> used to get hundreds, if not thousands, of these messages in
Jim> the logs.  I finally got tired of this and moved my SSH server
Jim> to a different port (such as 12345 -- not what I use :-), and
Jim> now NEVER get these.

Seconded.

Jim> For added security, I long ago disabled password-based logins
Jim> and accept only public-key authentication.

Sadly, I'm often logging in from machines that would not otherwise have
my public key.

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