[Asterisk-Users] asterisk@home scary log

[Colin Anderson]

>The hack came in through ssh.

IMO, your best defence is an extremely strong root password; I am often
mortified by looking at my logs and seeing all of the login attempts through
SSH. 

OT: I am not up on Linux script-kiddie type tools, but I assume that there
is a script of some sort that automates SSH probes. Can anyone suggest a
good counter i.e. honeypot or throttling logon attempts. Yes, I know I can
google it, but I'd rather hear the opinion of real Linux experts rather than
the "experts" at About.com.