[ale] failed ssh login attempts

[Geoffrey]

Fletch wrote:
>>>>>>"Geoffrey" == Geoffrey  <esoteric at 3times25.net> writes:
> 
> 
>     Geoffrey> Jim Lynch wrote:
>     >> What someone really needs to do is write a ssh spoofing daemon
>     >> to accept any user and any password and let them think they've
>     >> logged in.  If there were enough out there, maybe it would keep
>     >> the chaps busy sorting the spoofs from reality.
> 
>     Geoffrey> It's already been done, called a tar pit...
> 
> ITYM "honey pot" for a machine that's intentionally put out to look
> like an interesting target to catch the eye of whatever black hats or
> script kitties are poking your network.  They go for the sweet low
> hanging fruit while you're tracing them back.

Here's a link to the article I referred to in the previous post:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7180

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey