help analyzing an attack

[Ian Petersen]

On 4/18/07, Dave Cramer <davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > Using a stupidly easy to guess password? :)
> >
> Yes, don't ask, the horse is already out of the barn... :(

I had this happen to me once, and I also felt stupid.  Now I can only
ssh into my machine using a key pair--password authentication is
completely disabled.  You might want to consider that when you get
your machine rebuilt.

Ian

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