denyhosts quandry

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> I am running denyhosts on my linux system, to try to keep out attackers from 
> running a password cracker on my ssh.

There is a really easy way to protect ssh from password attacks.
Only allow public-key authentication.
Require that people authenticate with a key when connecting, and disallow
password-based authentication.
See your local ssh_config manpage.

-- Chris



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