A Linux botnet is launching crippling DDoS attacks in excess of 150Gbps

Re:A Linux botnet is launching crippling DDoS attacks in exc... by a12b on Wednesday September 30, 2015 @11:14AM (#10304554)

2 simple lines in /etc/ssh/sshd_config fix the problem:

  PermitRootLogin no
  PasswordAuthentication no

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Re:A Linux botnet is launching crippling DDoS attacks in exc... by utefan001 on Wednesday September 30, 2015 @11:54AM (#10304828)

I know I am preaching to the choir, but ANY login for any port or protocol should have rate limiting and non-default passwords.

Burp suite can easily crack web logins if you allow hundreds of logins per second for a single user.

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