Re: SSH server under attack...

[Robert Larsen <robert () the-playground dk>]

I "solved" this problem by disabling password authentication and only 
permitting rsa authentication.
These options in sshd's config file do the trick:
PasswordAuthentication no
RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes

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