gotcha. thanks. I understand the signing of private key and of another partie's public key (thanks to littlebrother) , but I wasn't sure how ssh did it. 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: "James Homuth" <james@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 5:54 PM Subject: RE: denyhosts quandry > The keys themselves are encripted, so it's extremely unlikely someone's > going to break the encription. That's also why there are two keys. > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield > Sent: March 20, 2009 7:00 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: denyhosts quandry > > someone on here mentioned using public and private key pairs. > I've now got that set up, and have disabled password authentication. > How secure is this--in other words, am I going to need denyhosts working > still? > Is this something that can be cracked by some script kiddy with to much > time? > > > 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: "James Homuth" <james at the-jdh.com> > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:21 AM > Subject: RE: denyhosts quandry > > >> Before you start looking for an app to blame, check the logs. Open a SSH >> session, tail -F /bath/to/ssh.log, then load WinSCP. Then you'll know >> precisely what's causing Denyhosts to freak out. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca >> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] >> On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield >> Sent: March 19, 2009 10:26 PM >> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >> Subject: denyhosts quandry >> >> Hello list, >> I have a quick question. >> I am running denyhosts on my linux system, to try to keep out attackers >> from >> running a password cracker on my ssh. >> It's caught a few, but it seems to be screaming when I log in with win >> SCP. >> Basically, every time I log in, it just blocks my host out. >> Is there a way I can either get it to stop, or possibly set it to not >> block >> that host? >> I'm not sure why WIN SCP would trigger a denyhosts, as as far as I know, >> it >> runs when a password is incorrect. >> Unless win SCP sends an invalid login for some reason first, or something >> of >> that sort. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Tyler Littlefield >> Web: tysdomain.com >> email: tyler at tysdomain.com >> My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features. >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
