Re: Heads up: Brute force attacks on the rise recently

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Subject: Re: Heads up: Brute force attacks on the rise recently
From: rgheck <rgheck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:59:27 -0400
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On 10/28/2009 07:44 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:03:29 -0500
Michael Cronenworth wrote:

-Make sure your root password is not a dictionary word.

Better yet, make sure you only allow public key login from
outside the trusted local network. I've been setting up my
sshd that way for a long time now.

Can you show how to do this? I only know how to make the choice globally.

rh


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