[CentOS] Unknown rootkit causes compromised servers

[Jim Perrin]

On Jan 28, 2008 10:14 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> >>
> >> We will work also with the Red Hat Security team and see if we can
> >> isolate any issues that might be FIXABLE.
> > ----
> > doesn't this almost beg for upstream to make denyhosts a base install
> > and automatically on, just as sshd is automatically on?
>
> I've always wondered why a program like sshd didn't rate-limit
> connection attempts from day one.  It's not exactly a new concept,
> especially for a security-oriented program.

It's a question of scale. For some systems, 30 people logging in is
too many. For others, it's 3000. There is no 'right' default value. It
should be (and is) left up to the admin and iptables.


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