On Tuesday, December 06, 2011 05:31:58 PM Fajar Priyanto wrote: > Dec 7, 2011 5:58 AM Lamar Owen <lowen at pari.edu> 작성: > >I happen to have a copy of an older brute-forcer dictionary here (somewhere) and it's very large and has lots of very secure-seeming passwords in it. > Why not don't allow root login from ssh? That's basic yet effective. This particular brute-forcer didn't require root access to spread. It can work under a normal user without any problem.