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Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge (InformationWeek)

Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge (InformationWeek)

Posted May 15, 2008 5:48 UTC (Thu) by MattPerry (guest, #46341)
In reply to: Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge (InformationWeek) by tialaramex
Parent article: Brute-Force SSH Server Attacks Surge (InformationWeek)

> There's no reason it needs to be so dangerous that you'd want to disable it.

Then disable it because it's not needed.  It's trivial to enable for those who need it.  For
others who don't, it's just using system resources unnecessarily.


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