Comments by "" (@dingokidneys) on "OpenSSH for Absolute Beginners" video.

  1.  @VeronicaExplains  I use three little iptables lines which seems to stop brute forcing attempts and cleans up my log files a bit: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 4 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent --set iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
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  2. SSH into Windows is like a viewport into hell. I've done it but what from there? I don't know Powershell and without that you're pretty much stuck apart from some minor file fiddling.
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  3.  @VeronicaExplains  Wireshark will show the bad of telnet. Nobody needs telnet (unless you do of course.)
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  4. I'd like to see one on firewalls too; iptables or nft if that's the better interface to learn.
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  5. It's like a viewport into hell. I've done it and it ain't pretty. :) However, if you're a Powershell wrangler it could be useful. Me, I ain't and it ain't.
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