[CentOS] Another Fedora decision

Thu Feb 5 00:50:43 UTC 2015
Warren Young <wyml at etr-usa.com>

> On Feb 4, 2015, at 5:43 PM, Warren Young <wyml at etr-usa.com> wrote:
> 
> SSH as shipped on CentOS doesn’t allow 1,000 guesses per second, as this calculator assumes

Hmm, just thought of a counterattack:

If CentOS’s SSH currently allows 10 guesses per minute *per IP*, all you need to do to get 1,000 guesses per second is to rent time on a 6,000 machine botnet.