Re: [opensuse] brute force attack on vpn ?

Antonio Ojea wrote:

Botnets like mariposa [1] are scanning for hosts with the OpenVPN port used by default (UDP/1149) [2]. They use to target these kind of services (SSH, OpenVPN, PPTP Vpns, ...) to get access using dictionary and brute force attacks.

You can change the port used by OpenVPN or some tool like fail2ban [3] to block these attacks.

Right - I was more interested in what the point is? The vpn is secured by a pair of keys, so what is there to attack ? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.2°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org