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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:02:30
Message-Id: CAA2qdGUvREKsEX1bB87yPvsgGXr4LXxOgThSowmaBPhxahyTqg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Resetting the root passwd by Mick
1 On Jan 17, 2012 6:11 AM, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Monday 16 Jan 2012 01:35:04 Pandu Poluan wrote:
4 > > On Jan 16, 2012 12:58 AM, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
5 > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 06:30:03AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote
6 > > >
7 > > > > This is nothing like changing the port for SSH - a port scanner can
8 > > > > figure that one out in seconds...
9 > > >
10 > > > A real BOFH would set up a dummy instance of sshd on the regular
11 port,
12 > > >
13 > > > as well as a real sshd instance on another port. The dummy instance
14 > > > could be set up to always fail the login attempt, and with special
15 > > > iptable rules to not clutter up your logfile.
16 > >
17 > > And don't forget to put the false sshd through a tc rule that chokes the
18 > > return traffic to 1 cps B-)
19 > >
20 > > Of course, being the "real sysadmin" a.k.a lazy slob that I am, that's
21 way
22 > > too much work for not enough bastardly pleasure... I can't gleefully see
23 > > the face of people trapped in the tc hell :-P
24 >
25 >
26 > Can you set up tc by port? I thought it is only applicable to an
27 interface.
28 > I need to brush up on this one day.
29
30 Actually, yes, by using u32 match.
31
32 But I prefer to just MARK the packet in iptables and match against that.
33
34 Rgds,