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On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:43:37AM -0500, STeve Andre' wrote: > On Tuesday 26 January 2010 11:39:54 Kim Geiger wrote: > > >>> On 1/26/2010 at 11:35 AM, STeve Andre' <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > Does anyone know why incoming SSH to msu is blocked? Most > > > weird. > > > > > > --STeve Andre' > > > > http://servicestatus.msu.edu/status_detail.php?id=000000000004138 > > Right, but *why*? This seems an extreme thing to do. I'd been debating > doing stuff from home today, and if I had it would have been using SSH. > This would have been boring. Why? We were troubleshooting an incident that affected network service to over 30 buildings, and suspected a possible DoS. We were seeing log messages indicating a high volume of SSH probes against our core network systems, and this was the fastest way we had to eliminate this as a suspect. The block was lifted as soon as practical. Doug -- Doug Nelson, Network Architect | [log in to unmask] Academic Technology Services | Ph: (517) 353-2980 Michigan State University | http://www.msu.edu/~nelson/