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Title:
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SSH PROBES: THE PRICE OF UNIX MAINSTREAMING? |
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Author(s):
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Kaido Kikkas |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-02-X |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías and Miguel Baptista Nunes |
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Year:
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2005 |
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Edition:
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2 |
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Keywords:
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SSH, Unix, Linux, script attacks, passwords, security. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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175 |
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Last Page:
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178 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Security has gradually risen to be one of the key fields in today's Internet. Easily-operated personal computers and fast broadband connections have multiplied the user base - at the cost of the average technical knowledge level. This has resulted in epidemic spread of malware, viruses and worms as well as 'computer hijacking' over the net, giving offenders control over a large number of PCs. Until recently, the attention was mostly focused on Windows systems, but the gradual mainstreaming of Unix-derived systems like Linux have made them easier targets. The paper provides a short analysis of the situation, focusing on one of the simpler type of network attacks: SSH brute force probes. A one-year survey of SSH attempts on a server is used as a real-life example |
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