Drew wrote:
In my case, the primary attack vector for hackers getting at my servers is via the web. Because I host primarily personal websites on my servers, the hackers motivation for breaking into my server (aside from 'it's there') is to turn the machine into a bot-net or host some viagra phishing sites on it.
I'm in much the same situation, and would like to protect myself to a minimal extent. But I don't understand how a usb token (below) would help.
I'm probably showing my ignorance. (The only protection I take is to run fail2ban.)
The concern, for me, is more about remote compromise then about physical theft of my usb token. A russian hacker who want's another compromised machine for his bot-net or phishing ring is probably not going to go to the effort of physically flying over here from Europe and spend the time needed to track me down, break into my office, and steal my usb token. He's more likely to move onto another target one of his script-kiddies found for him.