[Full-disclosure] reduction of brute force login attempts via SSHthrough iptables --hashlimit

[Christian "Khark" Lauf]

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Ho,

Josh Berry wrote:

> I could be wrong, but doesn't last/lastb show users have have logged
> in/out.  Therefore it wouldn't necessarily catch brute-forcers (unless
> they were actually successful)?

Under Debian Sarge all failed/successfull logins and su-actions are
logged to /var/log/auth.log.
lastb isn't touched. Even if it exists.

Greetings,
  Christian "Khark" Lauf
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