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SSH Brute Force in Linux

Posted: October 13, 2016 in Linux Hacking, SSH Brute Force
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This post explaining about how to protect Linux server from attackers. It means now days many people  try to hack your server using Hacking technique. In this case server should secure from hacker’s. Below  picture describe about how to protect SSH Linux server from attackers. This concept is called SSH brute force . Many people are accessing my Linux using SSH service. So i want to protect SSH using iptables rules.

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update the below rule in iptables configuration file /etc/sysconfig/iptables

-A INPUT -p tcp -m state –state NEW -m tcp –dport 22 -m recent –set –name SSH –rsource
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp –dport 22 -m recent –rcheck –seconds 60 –hitcount 3 –rttl –name SSH –rsource -j LOG –log-prefix “SSH brute force”
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp –dport 22 -m recent –rcheck –seconds 60 –hitcount 3 –rttl –name SSH –rsource -j REJECT –reject-with tcp-reset
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp –dport 22 -m recent –update –seconds 60 –hitcount 3 –rttl –name SSH –rsource -j REJECT –reject-with tcp-reset
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp –dport 22 -j ACCEPT

#service iptables restart

#chkconfig iptables on

Explanation

I am blocking attackers using SSH ip rule . IT will check every 60 seconds anybody trying to access my server without knowing me . It accept 3 wrong attempt for 6o seconds then it will block in the 3rd attempt for 60 seconds of SSH  port number 22 and also it will log message who try to attacked my server.

Hacker (Dont know the password but he know the IP)

[root@Attacker ~]# ssh 192.168.0.100

root@1192.168.0.100’s password:

[root@Attacker ~]# ssh 192.168.0.100

root@1192.168.0.100’s password:

[root@Attacker ~]# ssh 192.168.0.100

ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.100 port 22: Connection refused

Linux Server ( How to i track who attacked my server )

[root@Linuxserver ~]# grep “SSH brute force” /var/log/messages

Oct 13 11:52:03 Linuxserver kernel: SSH brute forceIN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:0c:29:42:09:4e:ac: 16:2d:f1:6b:00:08:00 SRC=192.168.1.10 DST=192.168.0.100 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=29582 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=59907 DPT=22 WINDOW=14600 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0

[root@Linuxserver ~]# grep -i ‘failed’ /var/log/secure | tail -n 1

Oct 13 11:51:59 Linuxserver sshd[21263]: Failed password for root from 192.168.1.10 port 59906 ssh2