Thousands of ssh probes

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Sat Mar 6 00:12:01 UTC 2010


>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Judd <tajudd at gmail.com> writes:

Tim> I've been in that same boat.  I eventually came to the decision to:
Tim>   Install PPTP server software, accepting connections from any IP.

Whoa.  Here we are, talking about making it *more* secure, and
you go the other direction....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Tunneling_Protocol#Security_of_the_PPTP_protocol


In short, you can't take anyone seriously who suggests PPTP when
talking about security.

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