By Nay
I just create a new droplet a few minutes ago, I installed nginx and setup SSH keys to conect through PuTTY, and for my surprise when I login in my SSH Console, in the message I get:
“There were 445 failed login attempts since the last successful login.”
It is very strange to me, I create my droplet a few minute ago, It will be any hacker with bruteforce trying a invasion??
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Sounds like you should take care of a few things. If you are using SSH keys, remove password login. Then install Fail2ban.
in /etc/ssh/sshd_config change the following lines so they match this: ChallengeResponseAuthentication no PasswordAuthentication no
Then follow the steps in the “Configuring a Basic Firewall” section here - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/additional-recommended-steps-for-new-ubuntu-14-04-servers
Then install Fail2ban - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-ssh-with-fail2ban-on-ubuntu-14-04
This is all assuming you are using Ubuntu 14.04
Yes, bruteforcing SSH is very common. Disable password authentication and use public keys.
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