Re:Protecting sshd using spiped
by webreac on Thursday August 30, 2012 @07:46AM
(#4454083)
You can brute force sshd:
while true
select a random common login
select a random common password
loop over many many hosts having sshd
try to connect to sshd
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Re:Protecting sshd using spiped
by alexchamberlain on Thursday August 30, 2012 @07:49AM
(#4454094)
Well that's their fault for using passwords, not keys.
It is the default configuration on ubuntu boxes
Re:Protecting sshd using spiped
by alexchamberlain on Thursday August 30, 2012 @11:32AM
(#4455095)
It's the default on every install I have ever used, as you have to be able to install your key in the first place. That isn't solved by `spiped`.