that would kill win SCP, which is my local editor, or I'd be up for that. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield Web: tysdomain.com email: tyler at tysdomain.com My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Brannon" <cmbrannon@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:42 PM Subject: Re: denyhosts quandry >> I am running denyhosts on my linux system, to try to keep out attackers >> from >> running a password cracker on my ssh. > > There is a really easy way to protect ssh from password attacks. > Only allow public-key authentication. > Require that people authenticate with a key when connecting, and disallow > password-based authentication. > See your local ssh_config manpage. > > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup