[Gllug] ssh brute force attacks

Dan Kolb gllug at eco.li
Mon Dec 8 18:17:02 UTC 2008


On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 04:53:25PM +0000, Ryan Cartwright wrote:
> >
> > No, because ssh-keygen asks you to set a passphrase.
> 
> True but even then it can be compromised - as us Debian users found
> out earlier this year.

Only if you get people who don't know what they're doing fiddling around inside
cryptographic algorithms/code.

Dan
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