very good point. thank you m’lord.
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glizzyguzzler@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
King, all you must do is set up root ssh access with a short password and port forward port 22 to it. Super easy, super quick!
For extra spice, I’d recommend also hitting your hard drives with a hammer once or twice a day. They just don’t like vibrations; you’ve gotta weed out the weak ones. Only the strong data will survive.
crash_thepose@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
crash_thepose@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
…how bad would it be if i actually tried this. not the hammer part but now i really wanna know what happens if i open port forward to 22.
glizzyguzzler@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
SSH lets you remotely control a computer
It runs on port 22
If you forward port 22 to your computer, you will allow anyone on the internet to SSH to your computerYou can do that pretty safely by disabling root login and disabling password logins - only using keys to SSH in.
You can join the borg botnet by enabling root login, setting a simple password (maybe even password as recommended!), and waiting.
GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
on any server with ssh exposed you’ll probably see a bunch of login attempts in the logs (automated attacks trying to find machines with a weak password). only keys is the way lol.
GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I’d recommend using “password” as your password and “root” for the username. Attackers have a lot of stuff going on! Don’t make their job all complicated, make it easy to remember.
Older operating systems like a really old Linux distro or Windows XP are the best, since their performance requirements are a lot lower, giving better overhead for the crypto miners that will be installed. Modern OSs waste resources on security features and such.
crash_thepose@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
this is very helpful thank you!