SSH hacked?

Gilles Gravier gilles at gravier.org
Mon Jan 19 11:36:20 UTC 2009


Hi!

Steve Lamb wrote:
> Gilles Gravier wrote:
>   
>> Rather than add an additional layer (knockd) I chose strong
>> authentication. Each situation has several possible ways to address it.
>> I'm not saying knockd is BAD. I'm just saying it's not the ultimate
>> silver bullet that you seem to imply here.
>>     
>     I never said it was.  I am saying it is quantifiably better than leaving
> the port open to all comers all of the time.
>   
So you close your port 80 when not receiving HTTP requests either?
>> That phrase is formulated like if you were a teen-ager. Decades of
>> security... Hum. I was hacking at systems back in 1986. Were you born
>> then? 
>>     
>     Ah, pulling the ol' "I'm older than you, boy" argument.  Nice.  86, hm?
> Yeah, you could say I was born by then.
>   
Good. You just didn't sound like it.
>> I'm a CISSP. Are you?
>>     
>
>     Better question is did you actually learn anything or just memorize enough
> to pass the test so you can wave it around when you're caught spouting off
> nonsense?
>   
It's my daily job... it seems that most of my customers seem to consider
me good at it. CISSP came from more than 14 years doing security as a
formalization of such... not as, for many, a "I learn the book during a
week of training then I take the test.".

And by the way... you keep your CISSP certification year over year by
practicing security and not by just paying your fees.

Everybody has a different approach.

Gilles.
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