[CentOS] Unknown rootkit causes compromised servers
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Tue Jan 29 03:14:34 UTC 2008
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.
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> 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.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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