[EXTERNAL] Re: ssh wish list?

[Thomas Köller]

Am 18.10.23 um 20:37 schrieb Robinson, Herbie:
> If one does add such a plugin, it should be in a place where it can delay for an exponentially increasing time (or return a delay time to SSH).  You don’t want to just reject the login, because they might keep hammering you.

The patch I proposed just invokes an external program on every failed 
login attempt detected. I does not implement any policy. And if the 
offending host is blocked, by modifying firewall rules or similar, there 
could be no hammering.