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Re:Show HN: Open source SSH honeypot with an API by jimmcslim on Saturday July 05, 2014 @11:39PM (#7993740)
Is there any benefit to running this vs just keeping your SSH port on 22 and running fail2ban or denyhosts which also run servers cataloging black-listed IP address (well, denyhosts supports the option, not sure about fail2ban).
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Re:Show HN: Open source SSH honeypot with an API by namidark on Saturday July 05, 2014 @11:41PM (#7993744)
The purpose of this is to collect login and passwords as a honey pot - it is by no means a replacement for openssh or a functioning ssh server.

It is open source so it can be run on your own networks or you can just run the daemon and report stats back to sshpot.com

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Re:Show HN: Open source SSH honeypot with an API by rmc on Sunday July 06, 2014 @04:54AM (#7994092)
It allows us to collect passwords crackers are using, and banner users from using them? Increasing security by learning what the attackers are doing?
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Re:Show HN: Open source SSH honeypot with an API by namidark on Sunday July 06, 2014 @09:53AM (#7994522)
That is also another goal I would like to add - is the ability to cross-check passwords against the API so you can prevent users from using them.
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