This does appear to be the default in both configs
I saw this in ssh2.40 an assumed that I was going mad ;o) (then promptly
forgot about it)
I can confirm your results in rh 6.2 - 7.1
you could set
PasswordGuesses 3
to 1 (annoying) in the /etc/sshd2/sshd_config
I would report this to the people at ssh.com as they will respond (in my
experience) quickly
Q
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