Onpening and Closing ports

Jeff Palmer questions at totaldiver.net
Mon Feb 12 22:09:24 UTC 2007


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>If you use good passwords, the SSH dictionary attacks are not a great
>concern.  <..snip>
>-Chuck
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Or better yet, disable username/password authentication,  and just 
use ssh keys.   it's more secure,  and they can bruteforce it all day 
long. Even if you had a password of "a"  they'd be denied.


-Jeff



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