help analyzing an attack
Ivan Avery Frey
ivan.frey-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
Fri Apr 20 16:07:01 UTC 2007
Ian Petersen wrote:
> 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.
If I'm not mistaken one can require both: key-pair AND password
authentication.
Ivan.
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