SSH and login attack
Matthew Miller
mattdm at mattdm.org
Fri Jun 17 18:28:30 UTC 2005
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 11:27:11AM -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> I noticed a rapid fire set of login attempts over SSH.
> What happened to the delay after a failed login attempt?
It can be used in timing attacks to deterimine if an account is valid.
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