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Re:What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like by m0nty on Saturday May 05, 2018 @07:00AM (#17001295) 

    $ grep -c sshd /etc/hosts.deny
    1192
    $ uptime
    11:58:51 up 327 days, 21:33,  1 user,  load average: 0.13, 0.11, 0.09
I'm using DenyHosts for this, there are alternatives but this works for me.

http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/

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Re:What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like by plange on Saturday May 05, 2018 @10:16AM (#17001880)
you should probably upgrade that kernel
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Re:What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like by m0nty on Saturday May 05, 2018 @04:30PM (#17003618)
If only there were some way to upgrade the kernel without rebooting. What a god-send that would be.
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Re:What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like by thenickdude on Saturday May 05, 2018 @04:47PM (#17003720)
The Spectre/Meltdown patches required a reboot.
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Re:What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like by m0nty on Sunday May 06, 2018 @07:16AM (#17006022)
Not all architectures are affected by it.
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Re:What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday May 05, 2018 @06:42PM (#17004277)
/s?

(kgraft, kpatch)

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Re:What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like by h1d on Saturday May 05, 2018 @01:42PM (#17002799)
What can you tell from the line?
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Re:What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like by thatfunkymunki on Saturday May 05, 2018 @02:26PM (#17003056)
Hasn't rebooted in a year
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Re:What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like by jstarfish on Saturday May 05, 2018 @04:47PM (#17003722)
That used to be a selling point of Linux versus Windows.

Times have changed...

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