Unable to ssh to the server after a number of invalid user login attempts

Solution Unverified - Updated -

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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