[Info-vax] SSH on VAX - performance impact of break in attempts

[Bob Koehler]

In article <i52ucj$396$1 at lnx107.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de>, m.kraemer at gsi.de (Michael Kraemer) writes:
> 
> If - by chance - the right combination of account/password is guessed,
> why would a VMS machine be safer than any other?

   VMS is no longer alone in this, but if you don't get that right
   combination in the first few tries VMS knows it's under attack and
   will deny the login anyhow.

   And all those who attack root, lpd, ..., have little chance of
   getting a right comination.