Matrix
09-22-2005, 11:48 AM
Thursday September 22, 2005 (09:01 AM GMT)
By: Ryan Twomey
As many systems administrators will tell you, attacks from automated login scripts specifically targeting common account names with weak passwords have become a substantial threat to system security, especially via SSH (a popular program that allows remote users to log in to a Linux computer and execute commands locally). Here are some common-sense rules to follow that can greatly improve security, as well as several scripts to cut down on the computing resources wasted by these attacks.
full article... (http://security.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/15/1655234&from=rss)
By: Ryan Twomey
As many systems administrators will tell you, attacks from automated login scripts specifically targeting common account names with weak passwords have become a substantial threat to system security, especially via SSH (a popular program that allows remote users to log in to a Linux computer and execute commands locally). Here are some common-sense rules to follow that can greatly improve security, as well as several scripts to cut down on the computing resources wasted by these attacks.
full article... (http://security.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/09/15/1655234&from=rss)