> Is this what it seems to be? Someone attempting to ssh to my machine?
Smells like it to me.
Quote:> If so, what is the best way to make Life really miserable for hin?
Don't run ssh ;8)
If you must, make sure you've got `PermitRootLogin no' (or at most,
`without-password' for keys-only).
Also tie it down using tcp_wrappers to only a minimal set of incoming IP#s
allowed.
> Been going on for abt. half an hour.
> Here is the whole line from /var/log/messages
> Oct 15 20:23:51 maltec sshd[6490]: refused connect from
Some pesky Korean bastard's trying to ssh into your box (which is using
ipv6-in-ipv4-enabled ssh) as user root at his end.
~Tim
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