Re: hacked through ssh

From: John (mcgowan_at_lynch2.com)
Date: 03/10/04

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    Richard E. Silverman <res@qoxp.net> wrote in message news:<m2llm92t4l.fsf@darwin.oankali.net>...
    > If it was an appliance box, perhaps there was simply an account with a
    > known default password?

    The password was already changed from the default. However, The
    reason I'm trying to investigate this further, is that I'm not so sure
    it wasn't hacked by a simple brute force on the password. The
    password changed, but it still wasn't that secure.

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