Hello, It's been a while since I last posted a reminder about protecting against SSH dictionary attacks. http://lists.bitfolk.com/lurker/message/20100314.085112.f5be7da9.en.html The problem of course has not gone away and since then there have been many more compromises that could have been easily avoided. So, please, if you are running sshd on port 22 and allowing password authentication, please consider taking some steps to protect yourself. It can very easily happen to you, and aside from the damage it can cause to other hosts on the Internet it risks significant downtime for your own services. I wrote up some more info from previous discussions: https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Protecting_against_SSH_dictionary_attacks If you have further input please do feel free to add to the above wiki article. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting