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Re: server security :: user accounts, ssh, passphrases, etc.



Brian McKee <map@map-heb.com>:
>  On 3-Apr-08, at 1:23 PM, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> > Unless they take the time to successfully factor the
> > public key,
> 
>  Can you expand on that sentence?  I'm not sure what you meant by it.

I imagine he means a brute force crack.  Got a supercomputer or
botnet available?  Does the target use md5 passwords?  Good luck.


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