On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 02:57:28PM -0500, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote: > About three months ago I reported a box I admin'ed was accessed thru > DDoS on the ssh access port -- the sshd was hit 90,000 times a hour Standard dictionary attack set I imagine. Some of the worms are also much smarter and use any unpassworded ssh private keys they can steal to build a huge key based attack database > attack, access, and discovery all happened in less than a 5 hour > period. The attacker either was a novice or didn't care to cover > their tracks. or a robot > I would say there is a ssh brute force hack floating around that has > not been documented yet; as such it is all Server admins best > interests to remain vigilant. What kernel was that box running ? -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list