No, I don't think you're misunderstanding it at all, those are exactly the concerns that I had when I called it a stupid ideaSeems to me adding such a thing seriously undermines the integrity of openssh and openssl. Or am I misunderstanding what is actually being requested?
How can I record all login attempts?
Re: How can I record all login attempts?
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Re: How can I record all login attempts?
Put simply, you don't need to see the bad passwords to block accounts. You need the IP address/username of the account being attempted. That is already logged under /var/log/secure.