full-disclosure - Re: Brute force attack

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Message-ID: <82abd3a70802120419w497dc28cq66f83e143ed28e53@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:19:06 +0000
From: "Michael Simpson" <mikie.simpson@...il.com>
To: "Abilash Praveen" <contactme@...lashpraveen.com>
Cc: "A.L.M.Buxey@...ro.ac.uk" <A.L.M.Buxey@...ro.ac.uk>,
	full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Brute force attack - need your advice

On 2/12/08, Abilash Praveen <contactme@...lashpraveen.com> wrote:
> Ok - I may not be able to lock in the SSH to a particular IP, but can
> ofcourse try port-knocker and a non-password-based SSH. I will research a
> bit about these as i'm not very familiar with a port-knocker and a
> non-password-based SSH yet.
>
> Thanks for your advice again. Thanks to Keith too. :o)
>

use of public/private keys for sshd and then turning off password
based access rocks

if you have to use passwords for ssh then check out denyhosts

<http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/>

works a treat

mike

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