Comment on How to harden against SSH brute-forcing?
someacnt@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoThanks, I will try fail2ban. I am using ED25519 for ssh keys, it seems like it’s the best defense on the ssh side. Do you happen to know why this kind of attack is so prevalent?
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I’m not them, but among other reasons they are looking to build botnets (cryptomining, dosing, mass crawling), and they are searching for hosts with low security (or if you just made a mistake)