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ENDLESSH(1)		     General Commands Manual		     ENDLESSH(1)

NAME
     endless -- An SSH tarpit

SYNOPSIS
     endless [-46chsvV] [-d delay] [-f config] [-l max banner length]
	     [-m max clients] [-p port]

DESCRIPTION
     endless is an SSH tarpit that very slowly sends an endless, random SSH ban-
     ner.

     endless  keeps SSH clients locked up for hours or even days at a time.  The
     purpose is to put your real SSH server on another port  and  then	let  the
     script kiddies get stuck in this tarpit instead of bothering a real server.

     Since the tarpit is in the banner before any cryptographic exchange occurs,
     this  program doesn't depend on any cryptographic libraries. It's a simple,
     single-threaded, standalone C program.  It uses  poll()  to  trap	multiple
     clients at a time.

     The options are as follows:

     -4      Forces endless to use IPv4 addresses only.

     -6      Forces endless to use IPv6 addresses only.

     -d delay
	     Message milliseconds delay. Default: 10000

     -f config
	     Set  and  load  config file.  By default endless looks for /usr/lo-
	     cal/etc/endlessh.conf.

     -h      Print the help message and exit.

     -l max banner length
	     Maximum banner line length (3-255). Default: 32

     -m max clients
	     Maximum number of clients. Default: 4096

     -p port
	     Set the listening port. By default endless listens on port 2222.

     -s      Print diagnostics to syslog. By  default  endless	prints	them  to
	     standard output.

     -v      Print  diagnostics.  Can  be specified up to twice to increase ver-
	     bosity.

     -V      Causes endless to print version information and exit.

     If endless receives the SIGTERM signal it will  gracefully  shut  down  the
     daemon, allowing it to write a complete, consistent log.

     A SIGHUP signal requests a reload of its configuration file.

     A SIGUSR1 signal will print connections stats to the log.

FILES
     /usr/local/etc/endlessh.conf  The default endless configuration file.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	January 29, 2020		     ENDLESSH(1)

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