denyhosts quandry

[Tyler Littlefield]

thanks; my private and public key pairs are stored on my thumb drive, so I 
keep them where ever I go. :)


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: "Jayson Smith" <jaybird at bluegrasspals.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: denyhosts quandry


> Public key authentication is, as I understand it, extremely secure. If 
> someone doesn't have your private key, chances are that they won't be 
> getting in, no matter how much they try. Unfortunately, it also involves 
> an element of risk. Assuming you've disabled password authentication, if 
> you should ever lose your private key, you won't be getting in either. So 
> be sure and have several backups of your keypair, and in particular, your 
> private key, since without it, your system will be locked down to even 
> you. Just don't let it fall into the wrong hands.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler at tysdomain.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:00 PM
> 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.
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