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One of the most command ways a virtual machine is compromised is by brute-forcing a root SSH password. Do you suggest that every hosting company run non-stop d
by stevekemp 12y ago
One of the most command ways a virtual machine is compromised is by brute-forcing a root SSH password.
Do you suggest that every hosting company run non-stop dictionary attacks against their clients?
Or even nmapping open ports, non-stop, looking for backdoor services?
95% of the time virtual machines are running unmanaged, and the hosting company has no insight into what is running inside the machines, nor how up to date they are.
- tedunangst 12y agoThe hosting provider is in a much better position to identify scans and other external threats and block them than any individual host is.