[plug] ssh access

Jon L. Miller jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au
Wed Oct 15 07:57:33 WST 2008


Thanks, but I found the problem, I had forgotten to add the port number to
the cisco router sitting in front.

Thanks

On Wed, October 15, 2008 07:51, William Kenworthy wrote:
> tcpdump is best, but wireshark or possibly etherape may help.
>
> Also turn on debugging in ssh when trying to connect
>
> BillK
>
> On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 07:42 +0800, Jon L. Miller wrote:
>> In a attempt to stop ssh hack attacks (in the log there are 100's of
>> attempts) I've changed the port number of 22 to another port number.
>> Made
>> the changes in the Firewall to allow this new port number through.
>> However, when I attempt to access this from a remote location it times
>> out.  On some servers it works okay but on others it does not.  Is there
>> a
>> way to see the incoming packets hitting the firewall to "hopefully" see
>> what errors are showing up?  By this I mean I'll be on site on the
>> server.
>>
>>
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