SSHd

[Thomas M Steenholdt]

Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> writes:
> 
>> What'dya mean? Right now, ssh is the one treated differently. Compare, for
>> example, gdm.conf, which is set to "AllowRemoteRoot=false".
> 
> Result of the comparison is that ssh does use encryption and can prevent
> MITM attacks while XDM logins do not.

Unfortunately, it can also be bruteforced like anything else, when left 
open...

/Thomas