On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:03:59 -0800 Domenic Santangelo <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm hearing some complicated attack vectors being tossed around in > here (password sniffing, mitm, etc) -- don't forget about a pretty > simple one: dictionary attacks. I recently took over a project for > a small-medium sized client and upon looking at the secure log > noticed 50k+/day dictionary attacks against SSH. I installed > fail2ban and now get 5-6 emails daily about brute-force hack > attempts. Disable password login and/or move the port. Otherwise you risk to see yourself closed out of your own box. What could be worse, you may even not be the one who closed the door. -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it
