rate limiting sshd connections ?

[Roger Marquis]

Mike Tancsa wrote:
>Does anyone know of a way to rate limit ssh connections from an IP address?

We've used inetd for this for several few years.  Works great.

Aside from having more connection limiting features inetd is also
easier to configure on non-standard ports, uses less memory (1K vs
5K), and has a simpler (and by extension more secure) code base.

-- 
Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
http://www.roble.com/