Heads up: Brute force attacks on the rise recently

[Tom Horsley]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:03:29 -0500
Michael Cronenworth wrote:

> -Make sure your root password is not a dictionary word.

Better yet, make sure you only allow public key login from
outside the trusted local network. I've been setting up my
sshd that way for a long time now.