Re: annoying brute force attack attempt using ssh | |
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El jue, 15-05-2008 a las 14:41 -0700, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht escribió: > "jeff emminger" <jemminger@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > isn't password authentication insecure? why not set > > "PasswordAuthentication no" and use ssh keys, and maybe port-knocking > > too > > My feeling exactly. You have no control over how stupid a password > users will pick. The only control you have is to not allow passwords > in the first place and insist on at least a 1k-bit (hopefully random) > key. Although, you can force them to create passwords with numbers, something like, for instance, at least 2 numbers and one alphanumeric characters. That would help a wee bit to avoid easy passwords that may be broken with a basic brute force attack. Manuel. -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, might not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
