[ale] possible ssh compromise?

[John Wells]

Ok....someone sanity check me here...


I'm sshing into my home box and mistype my password a few times (fat
fingered morning).

Here's what it looks like:

$ ssh myuser at myhome.net
Password:
Password:
Password:
myuser at myhome.net's password:
myuser at myhome.net's password:
myuser at myhome.net's password:
Received disconnect from 66.22.42.XX 2: Too many authentication failures
for myuser

So, if I mistype the password 6 times, I get the following scenario above.

If I ssh to a box on the local lan here at work, I instantly get
myuser at mylocalhost's password:

3 times, then failure.

no "Password:" only prompts.

Still, it seems to me that I've used ssh a lot in the past and only gotten
simply "Password:".

I'm wondering if this is some configuration thing I've set incorrectly or
something else.  My home machine is a Red Hat 7.3 system.

Course, it could be wishful thinking...and I could be compromised.  Any
insight?

Thanks!
John