Re: Somebody is keep trying to ssh into my systems, how can I stop that?

left_coast wrote:

responder wrote:

At least give us a link or two to bolster our confidence that if we can
or could possibly ever actually know as much as you do, that our
communications will be secure. I know you can do it and I hope you will
let us all know. asap. I googled around but have found no reason for
confidence. :(


How about an APOLOGY? You were very condescending of ME when it has been
shown that it is YOU that was wrong. The fact is, my system is not open to
"a hoard of nameless spooks" as you suggested, unless you want to claim
that the NSA *POSSIBLY* spending BILLIONS of dollars on a suppercomputer
is somehow "a hoard of nameless spooks". Even if they do spend BILLIONS,
how many keys are they really going to be able to break, realistically?
*IF* I were to think this any real threat to me, I would limit my
communication time and switch keys with each login. I wonder what type of
supercomputer it would take to break a unique key during an hour long ssh
session... The factor in the fact that there may be tens of thousands of
keys, just how many can the NSA break?

I hope you do take the trouble to change your keys every login and make
NSA work hard for every byte that they intercept and decrypt. I have no
love for thieves who steal money or for thieves who steal information.

I APOLOGIZE whenever appropriate. Someone like you who routinely uses
gratuitous obscenity deserves no APOLOGIES for anything that you get. You
also deserve no no answers even to legitimate questions until you learn to
be respectful. FOAD
.

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