[SSHd] Increasing wait time?

[Julius Huang]

Hi,

On May 7, 2008, at 01:11 , Gilles wrote:

> Hello
>
> I'm a bit tired of people trying to break into SSH:
>
> May  6 16:59:23 freebsd sshd[24649]: Invalid user agatha from
> 195.43.9.246
> May  6 16:59:26 freebsd sshd[24651]: Invalid user cristie from
> 195.43.9.246
> May  6 16:59:29 freebsd sshd[24653]: Invalid user number from
> 195.43.9.246
> May  6 16:59:31 freebsd sshd[24655]: Invalid user chamber from
> 195.43.9.246
> etc.
>
> Is there a way to configure SSHd, so that the wait time between login
> attempts increases after X failed tries?
>


Is portknocking + firewall considered?

There are ways to implement it, some are not complicated.

J.

> Thank you.
>
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