Blocking SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper?

From: Steve Snyder (swsnyder@home.com)
Date: 01/28/02


From: Steve Snyder <swsnyder@home.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 14:21:50 GMT

I've been seeing a lot of scans lately:

sshd[20270]: scanned from 203.248.195.95 with SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.
Don't panic.
sshd[5918]: scanned from 203.58.81.100 with SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.
Don't panic.
sshd[27695]: scanned from 212.32.168.22 with SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.
Don't panic.
sshd[4232]: scanned from 206.101.242.55 with SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper.
Don't panic.

Ok, I'm not panicking but I am concerned.

This is with OpenSSH v2.9p2 on a Linux box. Apart from blocking these IP
addresses in my firewall (after the fact), what can I do to discourage
people from scanning my server?

Given how popular SSH-1.0-SSH_Version_Mapper seems to be with snoops and
busybodies, is there a way to defeat its use?

Thanks.
 



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