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AbuAhmad
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Mar 26, 2014

Logging client IP address for SSH attempts

I have a request to log client IP address for SSH port 22 connections and attempts. The issue they have that they see numerous logins attempts with Root, guest, admin user IDs and wrong password, any...
application delivery
BIG-IP DNS
LTM
management
Kevin_Stewart's avatar
Kevin_Stewart
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Mar 27, 2014

Take a look at the HSL:: commands for remote logging:

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iRules.HSL__send.ashx

 

I would also add that the above only works for SSH traffic passing through the BIG-IP (via a virtual server), not for SSH traffic to the BIG-IP (management). And since SSH traffic wouldn't normally pass through a GTM, this iRule wouldn't really make sense. I probably should have asked, but are you trying to log SSH to the BIG-IP, or through it?