Re: [vps-mail] Packet filter

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I could be wrong, but it is my belief that the DEFAULT config of sshd is
root_login=no

So  they can try to login via SSH as root all day long, it won't do them
any good.



On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 11:50, Wilson Pickett wrote:
> > > Yes; that is, you can't get that kind of kernel-level control (yet).
> > > You should send an email to suggest@xxxxxxxxxxxx to request this as a
> > > product enhancement.
> > Thanks for the information. Looks like I'll have to grin and bear the deluge
> > of crack attempts for the time being.
> 
> I wonder if Verio would be able to add ip ranges to their own
> firewalling? We run 5 Verio servers and this ssh breakin attempt
> business started at the same time on all of them and they are in three
> different centers.
> 
> Oh well, as one Verio tech told me on the phone, "just don't use
> 'root' as the root password!"
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