Question bruteforcing

[nightrid3r]

Op ma, 29-05-2006 te 17:03 -0500, schreef Mike C:
> What exactly is bruteforcing and is their away to stop it in fedora 
> without useing a router or firewall box?
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 
bruteforcing is an atack (useualy against the root account or a known
user name) where the attacker uses a password generator or dictionary to
test all possible paswords.

the only defence i know of is setting up your system so that iptables
deny's the attack source after a number of failed attempts.
Can't give further info cos i have no idea how to do it. (don't realy
understand iptables enough to do it)


-- 
Facts are stubborn things

nightrid3r
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