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On Jun 30, 2008, at 12:54 PM, [email protected] wrote: On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:55:53 EDT, "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" said: I have found the biggest advantage of banners to be the fact that you learn to recognize your own devices *before* typing your password... It you *always* have a banner on *all* of your devices, you quickly learn to expect them... For example: ssh router1.example.net ************************************************************** * This device belongs to example.net. Don't login if you * are not supposed to be here... Blah blah blah. * <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ************************************************************* [email protected]'s password: versus: ssh router1.exsmple.net [email protected]'s password: Having a cute, customized banner (not the default from the standard security templates) helps with this... W -- If the bad guys have copies of your MD5 passwords, then you have way bigger problems than the bad guys having copies of your MD5 passwords. -- Richard A Steenbergen
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