1:27 p.m.
I noticed a rapid fire set of login attempts over SSH.
What happened to the delay after a failed login attempt?
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1:28 p.m.
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 11:27:11AM -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
I noticed a rapid fire set of login attempts over SSH.
What happened to the delay after a failed login attempt?
It can be used in timing attacks to deterimine if an account is valid.
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7:22 a.m.
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 11:27 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
I noticed a rapid fire set of login attempts over SSH.
What happened to the delay after a failed login attempt?
These attacks appear to me to fire multiple concurrent connections to
get around the delay.
Thomas
7:27 a.m.
Thomas Cameron wrote:
These attacks appear to me to fire multiple concurrent connections to
get around the delay.
Thomas
Possibly. I found a script out there and modified it a bit, this will
block the attacker after opening up 3 concurrent connections in 60 seconds:
modprobe ipt_recent ip_list_tot=200
IPADDR=67.110.180.110
$IPT -A INPUT -i $IF -p tcp \
-d $IPADDR --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent --rcheck \
--hitcount 3 --seconds 60 --name SSH_PROBERS \
-j LOG --log-prefix "Adaptive-FW SSH Prober: "
$IPT -A INPUT -i $IF -p tcp \
-d $IPADDR --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent \
--update --hitcount 3 --seconds 60 --name SSH_PROBERS \
-j DROP
$IPT -A INPUT -i $IF -p tcp \
-d $IPADDR --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent \
--set --name SSH_PROBERS -j ACCEPT
So far this is working for me, it has a few drawbacks but seems simple
enough for now.
9:27 a.m.
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Mike Pepe wrote:
Thomas Cameron wrote:
> These attacks appear to me to fire multiple concurrent connections to
> get around the delay.
Possibly. I found a script out there and modified it a bit, this will
block the attacker after opening up 3 concurrent connections in 60 seconds:
I prefer pam_abl myself: http://www.hexten.net/sw/pam_abl/index.mhtml
It automatically blacklists IPs which fail more than X logins in a
user-specified time. All attempts after that fail, even if the user+pass
supplied is correct.
Firewalling miscreants out is a dead giveaway for them, so they give up
and immediately move on to the next victim. pam_abl is nice because it makes
them waste their time.
Jun 13 05:18:47 sasami pam_abl[7593]: Blocking access from 210.0.178.146 to service sshd,
user root
[...]
Jun 16 04:44:15 sasami pam_abl[20188]: Blocking access from 202.76.92.199 to service sshd,
user root
[...]
Jun 16 07:15:28 sasami pam_abl[40]: Blocking access from mail.estudio-jardo.com.ar to
service sshd, user mysql
Jun 16 07:31:33 sasami pam_abl[26812]: Blocking access from mail.estudio-jardo.com.ar to
service sshd, user root
Jun 16 07:31:38 sasami pam_abl[13388]: Blocking access from mail.estudio-jardo.com.ar to
service sshd, user root
Jun 16 07:31:43 sasami pam_abl[7209]: Blocking access from mail.estudio-jardo.com.ar to
service sshd, user root
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
It warms the heart to watch all these criminals waste their time bouncing off your
auto-blacklist.
-Dan
9:34 a.m.
On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 16:27, Dan Hollis wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Mike Pepe wrote:
> Thomas Cameron wrote:
> > These attacks appear to me to fire multiple concurrent connections to
> > get around the delay.
> Possibly. I found a script out there and modified it a bit, this will
> block the attacker after opening up 3 concurrent connections in 60 seconds:
I prefer pam_abl myself: http://www.hexten.net/sw/pam_abl/index.mhtml
It automatically blacklists IPs which fail more than X logins in a
user-specified time. All attempts after that fail, even if the user+pass
supplied is correct.
Excellent tip Dan, thanks a lot!
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