Re: Administrivia #4883 (fwd)

[marc () MUCOM CO IL (Marc Esipovich)]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, jason storm wrote:

> depending on the version OS your flowpoint runs, you can limit what ip's
> can telnet in using the filter command.  if you apply that feature
> correctly, you effectively prohibit brute forcing the router pw.  treat it
> like cisco's access-list's retarded little brother and you wont be too
> disapointed.

Well, adding a short delay in the code which authenticates the password
would make brute-force pretty painful and time-consuming.

        Marc Esipovich.

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