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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Alan McKinnon [mailto:alan@××××××××××××××××.za] |
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> Sent: 22 February 2007 17:33 |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Some miscellanous questions about hack |
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> attacks and dealing with them |
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> By far the most common attack vector is weak user names and passwords |
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> accessed via ssh. Solution is a sensbile password policy, or |
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> allow ssh |
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> access only via keys. |
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I agree. Until I have the time and effort to set up key based authentication I have disabled root logon via SSH and set all users passwords to 10 to 15 random character passwords. |
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Check /var/log/secure.log on any webserver. On both of mine I see lots (and I mean thousands) of attacks where people try common user names and weak passwords (apache, awstats, mysql, admin, etc and common forenames... ) |
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Running SSH on a port other than 22 is possible and potentially more secure. |
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djn |
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I do not represent anyone else in emails I send to this list. |
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