Around 11:03pm on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (UK time), Michael Cronenworth 
scrawled:

> -Make sure your root password is not a dictionary word.
> -Add iptables rules to limit multiple connections on SSH to 4 within a
> minute.[1] Perhaps this needs to become a Fedora default.
> -Update your system.
> -Use SELinux.

I would also not allow ssh access to root.  SSH to a user account and su
to root if required.

Steve

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