[FM Discuss] Modifying Bookipublisher

[Tomi Toivio]

Fail2ban should be enough for a small server or home computer with SSH access.

Being Finnish adds an extra layer of security. I have seen them
running English, French and Japanese username/password lists, but
nobody ever tried any Finnish lists. I don't know if such list even
exists.


2013/3/25 Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com>:
> On 03/25/2013 09:26 AM, Tomi Toivio wrote:
>> Also, that server is under constant SSH brute force attack. Just like
>> every other server, but it still makes me wonder WTF is going on when
>> even new test servers attract these attacks very fast.
>>
>> The attackers have basically zero chances of getting through (before
>> year 4000 or 4 000 000 or something). It is just too interesting to
>> monitor what is going on instead of doing something useful like
>> localizing Booktype.
>>
>> Some basic level of Linux server hardening is needed everywhere now,
>> at least install fail2ban if nothing else:
>> http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>>
>
> At one point I had a server set up in my home so I could ssh to, and
> pretty much instantaneously there were attempts to break in, so there
> must be some constant roaming of the net out there looking for
> vulnerable servers. Fortunately, I had done some homework before setting
> it up so no break-ins ever occurred.
>
> You have to keep checking the logs. I was also adding to the don't allow
> list on a pretty regular basis after checking logs, just to keep the
> noise down.
>
> Greg
>
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