SSH hacked?

[Anthony M. Rasat]

Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>1. We pick a text:
>
>   "Ubuntu will always be free of charge".
>
>
>2. We use the first letter of each word to generate the password:
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>Password: "Uwabfoc"
>
>We could use the first two letters of each word:
>
>Password: "Ubwialbefrofch".

My god, so much effort to protect ourselves from SSH Brute Force attack.

Why not using fail2ban (http://fail2ban.sourceforge.net)?

I've been using it for more than a couple of years, it works flawlessly for my servers.

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Anthony M. Rasat
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