Ben Ford wrote:
It looks to me like you were fishing for confirmation of your preexisting notions,
(Partly, yes.) Many people on this list seem to say that root should be disallowed because it is a known username, and thus subject to dictionary attacks. Does this mean that a good cracker can always gain access to a box if (1) he is determined enough and (2) knows some valid username? Stated differently: will dictionary attacks always succeed? Ron
