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Re: SSH 2.4.0/3.0.1 usernames guessable ?


From: Marco van Berkum <m.v.berkum () obit nl>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 09:36:27 +0200

quentyn () fotango com wrote:

you could set

        PasswordGuesses                 3

to 1 (annoying) in the /etc/sshd2/sshd_config


Hmm, tried this as well, it gives a connection closed with
a illegal user, and a permission denied with a valid user,
Still guessable (SSH 2.4.0)

grtz,
Marco van Berkum

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