SSH IP blocking?

[Bob McConnell]

Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> 
> Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Kent Borg wrote:
>>
>>> Keith Clark wrote:
>>>
>>> Note, sshd already limits how fast passwords can be tried, making high
>>> quality passwords very secure.  Maybe you don't need any add-on.
>> Ps -aux doesn't show sshd running on my system.
>>
>> 1. shouldn't it?
> 
> If you can "ssh localhost" and get a prompt, yes...
> 
> Maybe you missed it in the output, hopefully maybe?  "ps ax |grep ssh" 
> doesn't show anything still?
> 
> 
>> 2. a search for sshd turns up only documetation:
>>
>> [holtzm at localhost]/$ slocate *sshd*
>> /usr/share/vim/vim71/syntax/sshdconfig.vim
>> /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/sshd2.conf
>> /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/sshd.conf
>> /usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/sshd
>> /usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/sshd2
>>
>> I thought it would be a default installation
>>
>> What am I missing?
> 
> Ah...no, then, I don't think you have it install.  sudo apt-get 
> opensshd-server? or opensshd?
> 

sshd, like most network services, is normally slaved to the master 
Internet daemon, inetd. I don't know how it is done through the GUI, but 
in Slackware it is enabled with entries in /etc/inetd.conf.

Bob McConnell
N2SPP