jdow suggested: > iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --syn --dport 22 -m recent --name > sshattack --set > iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 --syn -m recent --name sshattack \ > --rcheck --seconds 60 --hitcount 2 -j LOG --log-prefix 'SSH REJECT: ' \ > --log-level info > iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 --syn -m recent --name sshattack \ > --rcheck --seconds 60 --hitcount 2 -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset Paul Allen Newell asked: > How does one add a rule to this that allows LAN attempts to not be > subject to this rule? Often when I need to sync things up, I ssh to > all machines in the LAN and can do more than one within 60 seconds. > Normal traffic is expected to be near nil, but the blast of everyone > ssh's to everyone does happen. I’d imagine adding --src ! 192.168.0.0/24 after --dport 22 would do this (replace 192.168.0.0 with whatever’s appropriate for your LAN). Alternatively, you could set up a .ssh/config file (on the client) with ControlMaster and ControlPath (and possibly ControlPersist) set. This allows you to have multiple sessions multiplexed over the one SSH connection: later connections “piggyback” on the first and won’t fire these rules (because they won’t be new TCP/IP connections, so no SYN gets sent). As a bonus, later sessions don’t have to do the same security handshakes, so they become ready much more quickly, which is noticeable on an Atom. man ssh_config for details, or for an example: Host rawhide HostName rawhide.example.com User james ControlMaster auto ControlPath ~/.ssh/master-%r@%h:%p ControlPersist 60 ForwardX11 yes ForwardX11Trusted yes Protocol 2 Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail: james@ | “Just for once, I wish we would encounter an alien aprilcottage.co.uk | menace that wasn’t immune to bullets...” | -- The Brigadier, ‘Doctor Who’ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org