• PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
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    2 months ago

    For as long as I can remember, open SSH endpoints have been subject to password scan attacks from random corners of the internet. It’s just how life is.

  • mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    I found just white listing cidrs from your country the most effective way to reduce this log spam. I only use keys anyway so the attempts are pointless.

  • pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr
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    2 months ago

    I was exited to read about the recent surge of brute force attempts I received from IPs my fail2ban has not previously seen, but this is just a generic piece from 6 months ago :(