[Gllug] limiting ssh zombie login attempts

[Sean Burlington]

Ben Fitzgerald wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 09:12:51AM +0100, Sean Burlington wrote:
> 
>>Ben Fitzgerald wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>personally I changed my ssh setup to disallow password connections
>>
>>spoof attacks can trick port sentry into denying access from/to 
>>arbitrary ip addresses ...
> 
> 
> I did consider this but didn't want to loose the convenience of being
> able to log in from an arbitary address (e.g. an adhoc login from an
> internet cafe). I guess I may have to compromise on the side of
> security, thought :(
> 

do internet cafes allow usb key thingies ?

if they do it would surely still be possible to login from anywhere - 
just so long as you have the key with you...

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Sean
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