[geeks] SSH Scans Increasing

[Phil Stracchino]

Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> Of course, I was really only trying to keep the logs clean.  I think SSH is,
> or can be set up to be, quite secure.  I wasn't worried about anyone getting
> past the SSH key stuff.

Oh, sure.  Nobody ever got *in*.  It was just that the megabytes per day
of ssh probe logs was pissing me off.

> One interesting sidelight, though.  I twice got unauthorized SSH probes from
> a large network near my home, reported both, and the reports resulted in
> that network's security's being upgraded.

Cool.


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