[tor-relays] Attacker IP database

Nick tor-relays at njw.me.uk
Sat Aug 3 08:17:37 UTC 2013


Quoth Bryan Carey:
> Thanks everyone for your input! I already had root access disabled via sshd
> config. I will look into fail2ban as it sounds like it remedies the problem
> I'm having.

Changing the port sshd runs on has a suprisingly large impact on 
reducing the number of these attacks, too. Of course it's only 
security by obscurity, but for the zombie attacks you're describing 
it's quite effective.


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