illegal user root user failed login attempts

[Kirk Strauser]

On Tuesday 17 May 2005 09:36, Peter Kropholler wrote:

> As things stand, ssh is designed so you can't get at people's passwords
> and I am leaving it alone. Focussing instead on the task of making
> sure my passwords are strong, limiting AllowUsers to specific users and
> trusted ip addresses, and moving ssh off port 22.

Alternatively, scrap all that and force RSA authentication after disabling 
password login.  I could give you my root password (and even my personal 
password) and there isn't jack you can do with it because no services 
authenticate off it; it's only useful for logging in locally.
-- 
Kirk Strauser
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