break-in attempt in my machine

[Volker Wysk]

Am Samstag, 3. September 2016, 09:51:30 CEST schrieb Joel Rees:
> > I have a 9-letter fantasy word as password. Something like "schwurbelfu".
> > Just lower case letters. So this is insecure? I doubt it could be cracked
> > by trying.

> ...
> Oh, by the way, was that word ever used in a novel?
> 
> If you made up the word, do you plan to never use it in some writing
> that you make publicly available? If you didn't, are you sure the
> person who made it up will never attack your stuff?

Yes, I've completely made it up. I don't plan to use it for anything else.


> >> But it would be a much better idea to read the above
> >> blog entry and implement the first few ideas at least.
> > 
> > I've implemented no 2, 3, 5 and 10 now... I won't disable root logins,
> > because I want root sftp access.
> 
> Why?
>
> Are you allergic to sudo or even su? 

As I've written: I want SFTP access. You can't do a "sudo" command in sftp.


I think now, I'll make a more random password...


Thanks,
Volker