From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 12 22:09:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70AC116A401 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:09:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from questions@totaldiver.net) Received: from mail.totaldiver.net (fl-209-26-20-205.sta.embarqhsd.net [209.26.20.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37BB613C481 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:09:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from questions@totaldiver.net) Received: from WRKSTN210.totaldiver.net (router.tegogroup.com [71.122.228.226]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.totaldiver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98F7BB84D for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:42:42 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.0.20070212163900.019698e8@totaldiver.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:42:40 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Jeff Palmer In-Reply-To: <1B0CF7A0-1448-4CF6-8DCB-9D5AFF09FDE6@mac.com> References: <45CEC7A4.7030802@ephgroup.com> <1B0CF7A0-1448-4CF6-8DCB-9D5AFF09FDE6@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Re: Onpening and Closing ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:09:24 -0000 <..snip..> >If you use good passwords, the SSH dictionary attacks are not a great >concern. <..snip> >-Chuck <..snip..> Or better yet, disable username/password authentication, and just use ssh keys. it's more secure, and they can bruteforce it all day long. Even if you had a password of "a" they'd be denied. -Jeff