[K12OSN] Help: System intrusion through ssh and a weak password

[Nadav Kavalerchik]

yes it is :-) this is what we did (maybe i didn't explain myself clear
enough)

On 5/5/07, Micha Silver <micha at arava.co.il> wrote:
>
> Nadav Kavalerchik wrote:
>
> > we're using freenx through ssh to remote control all the school that
> > are installed with ltsp
> >
> > what we did is moved the ssh port somewhere high in the port list, it
> > solved all the "scanning" and trying to "break in" log entries that we
> > used to see in the log file :-)
> >
> Isn't it wisest to choose an alternate port for ssh from the range <1023
> ? since only the root user can manipulate ports in the "assigned ports"
> range.
> Thanks,
> Micha
> > (i wonder how long it will last)
> >
>
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