From 046f219eafdb917848be8ec1482fd3336634d56a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yaroslav Halchenko Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:14:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] adjusted --- debian/README.Debian | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index d8ad922c..17f29ee3 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ happening with firestarter), errors get reported during the exit of fail2ban, but they are "safe" and can be ignored. +** SSHD Configuration Specific Problems + * Ban "Not allowed" attempts: Make sure that you have @@ -85,6 +87,16 @@ Details from the bug report #350980 [2] [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=350980 +* Not caught attempts to login as root + +On the boxes running older versions of openssh (e.g. sarge +distribution) in the case when PermitRootLogin is set to something +else than "yes" and iff AllowUsers is active, failed root logins do +not confirm to the standard logging message -- they omit the source +IP, thus allowing attack to persist since such messages are not caught +by fail2ban. + + * Bantime: An IP is banned for "bantime" not since the last failed login attempt