Re: SSH server under attack...

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2006-01-24 Robert Larsen wrote:
> 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

RSAAuthentication applies only to protocol 1, which should be disabled
anyway.

Regards
Ansgar
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