[geeks] SSH Scans Increasing

[Joshua Boyd]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 09:34:01AM -0400, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> > Has anyone else seen a very sharp increase in the number of SSH scans
> > since this weekend?
> 
> 
> This won't stop it, but I found that reducing the time allowed for log
> in to 5 seconds before being disconnected, and only allowing 1 attempt
> at the proper password,  seemed to result in less scans.

Gah!  I'd never be able to log in to my machine if I did that.

I'm sitting here timing it, and not once have I managed to log in that
quickly.