[mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Blocking Brute Force SSH attacks

[David Kramer]

Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> If you've tunneled SSH traffic through to your Mythbox, you're likely
> the target of brute-force SSH attacks, some of which might well work.
> 
> The most elegant solution I've found so far is here:
> 
> 	http://www.la-samhna.de/library/brutessh.html#5
> 
> This won't block attacks that "know" about a specific bug in your sshd,
> so you need to stay updated, but for the dictionary attacks it will
> work nicely, and it'll sure keep your logs from growing without
> bounds...

I use one called DenyHosts (http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/) which is 
very flexible and powerful; nearly completely automatic once set up.