> Only after the first playround the test/guest attempts started so
> I was starting to think that whoever was probing my host from Korea
> was probably going with that. Now that my host is out of focus, I'm
> really relieved. :-)

If you are so worried about SSH security who don't you just run sshd on a
non-standard port. Ever since I moved all externally listening ssh daemons
to a different port I didn't get any ssh probes anymore (obviously). Got
rid of all these ssh-worm attacks (good old days) in a second, and I
personally don't mind supplying people a port number with their
username/password. The same can be done for many other services that are
not port-bound. Kindof takes the fun out of automated subnet scans.

Pieter-Bas

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