--- etc/ssh.conf.orig 2006-08-20 10:22:37.000000000 +0400 +++ etc/ssh.conf 2009-10-14 03:46:53.000000000 +0400 @@ -14,8 +14,17 @@ # comment: correct user, but wrong password #sshd[72626]: Failed password for samm from 1.2.3.4 # -regexp = sshd.*Illegal user \S+ from (\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}) -regexp1 = sshd.*Failed password for (?:illegal user )?\S+ from (\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}) +# comment: other messages +#sshd[41945]: error: PAM: authentication error for alice from 192.168.0.1 +#sshd[41945]: error: PAM: authentication error for illegal user root from 192.168.0.1 +#sshd[41945]: Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for invalid user root from 192.168.0.1 port 64507 ssh2 +#sshd[16666]: Failed unknown for illegal user asdfasdfasd from 192.168.0.1 port 52652 ssh2 +#sshd[16666]: Did not receive identification string from 192.168.0.1 +# +regexp = sshd.*(?:Illegal|Invalid) user \S+ from (\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}) +regexp1 = sshd.*Failed \S+ for (?:(?:illegal|invalid) user )?\S+ from (\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}) +regexp2 = sshd.*error: PAM: authentication error for (?:(?:illegal|invalid) user )?\S+ from (\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}) +regexp3 = sshd.*Did not receive identification string from (\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}) # Number of failed login attempts within time before we block max_count = 4