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I Left Port 22 Open on the Internet for 54 Days. Here's Who Showed Up (arman-bd.hashnode.dev)

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[–] FrederikNJS@piefed.zip 5 points 2 hours ago

That's pretty interesting.

I have been running an SSH tarpit for several years. Basically it's a tiny go executable that responds to SSH connections, and then proceeds to very very slowly respond with an endless banner. So clients wait endlessly for the login prompt. I have seen clients getting stuck and waiting for whole weeks.

Link for anyone who wants to run a tarpit themselves: https://github.com/skeeto/endlessh