@Robie Basak (racb): OK, though having a good default values impacts greatly on the security of systems world-wide.
Normal users just install a software but don't configure. This encourages hackers to attempt to hack users world-wide. If hackers knew that a good default configurations are present by default (which greatly prevents attempts of brute-forcing) to everyone, then they will probably give up before trying... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1628926 Title: Postpone login attempts if X successive attempts have failed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1628926/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs