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Re: broute forcing telnet and ssh
From: "Jeffrey F. Bloss" <jbloss () tampabay rr com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:09:16 -0400
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 25 September 2005 03:37 am, Juan B wrote:
I need to boute force my server in the company to check if it can resist broute forcing ( and check passwords strange ) the server is open to the to the internal network in telnet and ssh.
If it is in fact your server, there's no need to brute force SSH. Password security depends on users' passwords. You can set them manually and force people to use secure passwords, or test them directly without the overhead of making an SSH connection. the formere would be preferable. If it is in fact your server, you should already know all this. - -- Hand crafted on September 26, 2005 at 14:04:05 -0400 Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDODlQRHqalLqKnCkRApiHAJ9FAFLCY8diHdZxCh96dlin64m3xwCfbBNW qKH6AZqzRXlwYXcC2edhbmE= =evRY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Current thread:
- broute forcing telnet and ssh Juan B (Sep 26)
- RE: broute forcing telnet and ssh Meni Milstein (Sep 26)
- Re: broute forcing telnet and ssh Gregory Boyce (Sep 26)
- Re: broute forcing telnet and ssh Jeffrey F. Bloss (Sep 26)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Re: broute forcing telnet and ssh planbb (Sep 27)
- RE: Re: broute forcing telnet and ssh Miguel Dilaj (Sep 28)
- RE: Re: broute forcing telnet and ssh Steve Fletcher (Sep 28)