[CentOS] protecting multiuser systems from bruteforce ssh attacks
Kai Schaetzl
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Fri Aug 21 10:31:21 UTC 2009
Oliver Ransom wrote on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:12:35 +0930:
> As an additional question to the above, would forcing users to log in
> with SSH keys rather than passwords avoid requiring any anti brute
> force attack measures to be put in place?
Regarding SHH: yes. Nevertheless, you will want to handle these with rate
-limiting, to avoid overflowing the logs and to protect your ressources.
Kai
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