SSH hacked?

Ioannis Vranos ivranos at freemail.gr
Wed Jan 14 00:50:55 UTC 2009


Anthony M. Rasat wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> 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.


I provided the methodology above, as a general technique of creating 
secure passwords, which are easy to remember too, so as everyone to 
benefit from it.

I have read about it somewhere.


I did not provide the methodology for the subject of this thread.




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