On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Roger <are...@bigpond.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2011-11-12 at 20:37 +0100, Heinz Diehl wrote: >> On 12.11.2011, Roger wrote: >> >> > Is there a way to limit: >> > -number of log in attempts to 2, >> > -the duration of a log in attempt to 3 seconds or less >> > -the number of times a username can be tried, prefer it set at 2 and >> > then not again for 24 hours if it fails. >> [....] >> >> Switch off login with password and root login, and only allow login >> with RSA key. After that, you can safely ignore the "white noise" :-) >> >> > I read about this and am concerned that if my computer dies and I > replace mb or other components, the RSA key could be different and I > won't be able to log in with the previous RSA. > Not understanding the process made me a bit nervous.
The "key" is just a file on your hard drive. As long as you back it up you'll be fine. There's a good overview of how public key authentication works and how to get it going here: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc/index.html -T.C. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
