Re: [tlug] dropping any IP that tries port 22?

["Birkir A. Barkarson" <birkirb@example.com>]

> I was thinking of running some other service on port 22 that would simply
> write the IP address of anything that pinged it or whatever to a logfile,
> then have fail2ban scan that logfile and ban all the IPs within
> indefinately.

Nice idea, although I have on occasion forgot to put the -p <non 
standard port> on the ssh command line before trying to connect.  Having 
this protection in place on such an occasion and I would definitely get 
the feeling of having outsmarted myself.

BAB