From b7d144f8b5a261f897e6ab0dc7dc5f489b09b23e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michel Oosterhof <michel@oosterhof.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 14:07:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] only attempt to send banner once.

---
 cowrie/core/ssh.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cowrie/core/ssh.py b/cowrie/core/ssh.py
index d1af5a9..23ce00f 100644
--- a/cowrie/core/ssh.py
+++ b/cowrie/core/ssh.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class HoneyPotSSHUserAuthServer(userauth.SSHUserAuthServer):
     def sendBanner(self):
         if self.bannerSent:
             return
+        self.bannerSent = True
         cfg = self.portal.realm.cfg
         try:
             honeyfs = cfg.get('honeypot', 'contents_path')
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ class HoneyPotSSHUserAuthServer(userauth.SSHUserAuthServer):
             return
         self.transport.sendPacket(
             userauth.MSG_USERAUTH_BANNER, NS(data) + NS('en'))
-        self.bannerSent = True
 
     def ssh_USERAUTH_REQUEST(self, packet):
         self.sendBanner()