Jernej Simončič írta: > On Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 13:05:47, Balogh László wrote: > > >> Either match it onto a fixed ip endpoint, or implement >> az easy SSH based VPN like OpenVPN, and >> connect through VPN and then SSH through it. >> > > Why is SSH a greater risk than eg. OpenVPN? > > First: Because it is username/password based. A 6-16 character passowrd is easier to guess than a 1024-... kbyte encryption file.....
Second: OpenVPN is much harder to crack with botnet bruteforce attacks, becouse one try takes much more time(seconds) than an SSH attempt (milliseconds) But I think that in combining the two together can you have better security. Laszlo Balogh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
