Op ma, 29-05-2006 te 17:03 -0500, schreef Mike C: > What exactly is bruteforcing and is their away to stop it in fedora > without useing a router or firewall box? > > Thanks for any help > bruteforcing is an atack (useualy against the root account or a known user name) where the attacker uses a password generator or dictionary to test all possible paswords. the only defence i know of is setting up your system so that iptables deny's the attack source after a number of failed attempts. Can't give further info cos i have no idea how to do it. (don't realy understand iptables enough to do it) -- Facts are stubborn things nightrid3r
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