11 Dec
2012
11 Dec
'12
10:12 a.m.
On Tuesday 11 Dec 2012, Ross Younger wrote:
Which distro? Debian puts that line into jail.conf,
and it seems to be
banning correctly.
Debian Testing, but I believe recent Ubuntus may suffer the same issue.
Do make sure you have another way in to hand before
you try that! :)
"Argh, haven't used my console password in months, where is it again...?"
The default banning is only for a few minutes.
On the other hand, you could just leave it running for
a few hours to
days and see whether it is firewalling people in the way you expect it to.
The problem is that ssh on an obscure port will probably not get any attacks
for months.
--
Chris Roberts