Summary
SSH servers are commonly set up to allow for a maximum number of attempted authentications before rejecting the attempt. This setting for ssh servers is called “MaxAuthTries”, and the default value is 6, according to the sshd config man page.
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Once the number of failures reaches half this value, additional failures are logged.
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Summary
SSH servers are commonly set up to allow for a maximum number of attempted authentications before rejecting the attempt.
It will try all the available credentials (such as certificate, public key, and stored credentials).
This setting for ssh servers is called “MaxAuthTries”, and the default value is 6
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Summary
According with the sshd config man page
MaxAuthTries Specifies the maximum number of authentication attempts permitted per connection. Once the number of failures reaches half this value, additional failures are logged. The default is 6.
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