[CentOS] duqu

Rob Kampen rkampen at kampensonline.com
Wed Nov 30 18:42:13 UTC 2011


Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:05 PM,  <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>   
>> Are your root passwords strong?
>>     
>
> I've always wondered why something as complex as sshd doesn't do
> anything to protect you from the simplest form of attack - like
> rate-limiting failed attempts.
>
>   
Passwords?? Why?
Remote root login via ssh?? Why?
This is why they invented cyphers and rsa and 3des etc - use these and 
it makes it MUCH harder for the black hackers.


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