Ankur Agrawal proclaimed:
> If I understand it correctly, the only way this Wiley guy can break in is by
> cracking the encryption, right ?
That is correct.
> And he can't expect to do it in less than a couple of days,if not weeks or
> months, with the curent key lengths and processing power.
As far as we know. For all we know the NSA could have sophisticated
parallel computers that are capable of doing this in minutes. Also, Wiley
Cracker can break the key in a month and break in after a month.
> But are there other holes opened up because the firewall has a port open for
> ssh ?
> I mean, while that port is not being used by ssh, can somebody use this port
> to try and get access to a machine inside the firewall ?
Not as far as I know. Then again, I am not an expert on security. It is
just an area I am interested in.
> dialling in is not really an option for me, as I use DSL at home.
You could discuss VPN with the sys admin.
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/VPN-HOWTO.html for more info.
S.
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