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Re: Why Disable Root ssh login?



Am 2006-12-15 00:56:28, schrieb Jacques Normand:
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 01:45:40AM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote:
> > I've often seen this touted as a good security measure and I've 
> > always wondered why.  I can think of a few possibilities, but I 
> > really don't know.  Could someone please explain it to me?
> 
> Because, to login from outside you will need to guess a valid username
> and the corresponding password. After that the root password will have
> to be guessed locally which would leave a fat trace in the logs. In
> addition, most of the bots around try to guess the root password and do
> not spend a lot of time for normal accounts. 

Passwords long as a rat-queue are realy secure...

I have full root access to all of my (own) 160 machines
and the tapeworm-passwords gives much brainfood...

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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