“Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is under active exploit

Re:“Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is und... by tytso on Thursday October 20, 2016 @11:43PM (#12758009)

The main reason I use fail2ban is I got tired of the log file noise/bloat. I use key-only access on my servers already, with the key stored on a hardware token (Yubikey).

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Re:“Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is und... by problems on Friday October 21, 2016 @12:11AM (#12758092)

I guess the question then is why you're looking at failed Auth logs. Failed auths are boring, doubly so on a key only server. Successful auths are where the fun is at.

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Re:“Most serious” Linux privilege-escalation bug ever is und... by pm215 on Friday October 21, 2016 @05:59AM (#12759236)

When I first set up fail2ban it was because I got annoyed that the machine on my desk was making regular "clunk...clunk...clunk" noises from the hard disk as it wrote another failed-auth attempt to the log every second or so...

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