[NMLUG] SSH bot going around

[havoc at harrisdev.com (Jody Harris)]

Thanks, Steven.

Sometimes I know what I should be doing to make my box more secure, and 
sometimes it takes a nudge (or a kick in the seat) to get me off of zero 
and do it.

jody

Steven Westbrook wrote:
> Hi all.. I was just going through some of my logs and recognized there 
> seems to be a bot or a group of people trying to hack into linux boxes via 
> ssh.  Just a warning... I'd reccomend only allowing in a select few people 
> -- and disabling root access through ssh.  It can be done by going into 
> /etc/ssh/sshd_config and adding a line called AllowUsers and then listing 
> the names for those with few accounts needing access.  There's also a way 
> through pam.d to add a long list of names that if asked I'll look back up.
> 
> 
> -steve
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