I'm top-posting because it's Gmail's default.
Reading through logs on a day to day basis just isn't feasible - these things have to be automated. My point is just because you don't have SSH login attempts doesn't mean you can waive something like DenyHosts.
I really don't have an excuse, however, I do have other tasks to complete before this one that doesn't have a deadline.
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On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 2:37 PM, David A. Bandel <david.bandel at gmail.com>wrote:
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
Hmm. Top-posting. Must be a lawyer.
Security through obscurity only works until it becomes main stream. You still want to be proactive against SSH attacks (or whatever else). Just because you moved down the street doesn't mean the thieves won't steal your lawn gnomes!
I haven't removed/downgraded any security I use, I just find it refreshing not to be wading through the myriad entries in auth.log showing 'ssh invalid user' and all. I didn't expect this, it's just a bene that my log files are less cluttered (by many hundred k per day).
With IPv6 becoming more and more abundant I think it should be
implemented
but I don't find any use for it in my world (today!).
And that's your excuse for procrastinating? Honestly, it's easier than you think, but it will take time to implement. Start soon, really, you'll be glad you did.
I have a short story that presents a frightening scenario for procrastinators which I hope does not come to pass, but I don't want to find out the hard way that it's true. Has to do with several ICAAN board members that are very unhappy and annoyed that IPv6 adoption is so slow and what they have discussed seriously to give folks a hard shove (I wouldn't want to be standing on the ipv4-only ledge if any of what I heard is true).
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Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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