Post Xmas Pwnage

[Stig Brautaset]

> Everyday I run a script that checks various logs to get the ip  
> addresses of people who have tried to hack my system. I usually get  
> 5 - 10 new addresses a day from people trying to brute force my ssh  
> connection. Over the Christmas week I got 2,700 new addresses. I  
> assumed that this was because people were connecting their new PC  
> to the internet and getting owned.
>
> In the past 24 hours I have just added another 3,300!
>
> Is it me or is anyone else seeing this?

Not for the last few months. I run ssh on a non-standard port and  
that seems to be enough to deter them.

Stig