Unable to ssh to the server after a number of invalid user login attempts
Issue
- If someone is attempting invalid ssh logins continuosly and simultanously, even if the user is not present in the destination server, why does the ssh server seem to hang?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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