Daemon Dancing in the Dark

denyhosts

I'm going to install this port and see how well it does.  It works by examining the ssh log file (/var/log/auth.log) and dynamically adding IPs to the hosts.allow file to keep the script kiddies from whacking away at your ssh daemon. I get plenty of those attempts and they fill my log file.  It also logs lots of info too. And can email you with reports.

Port description for security/denyhosts

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Posted by jdarnold at 11:02 AM | TrackBack