[ale] possible ssh compromise?

[David Corbin]

John Wells wrote:

>Ok....someone sanity check me here...
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>I'm sshing into my home box and mistype my password a few times (fat
>fingered morning).
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>Here's what it looks like:
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>$ ssh myuser at myhome.net
>Password:
>Password:
>Password:
>myuser at myhome.net's password:
>myuser at myhome.net's password:
>myuser at myhome.net's password:
>Received disconnect from 66.22.42.XX 2: Too many authentication failures
>for myuser
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>So, if I mistype the password 6 times, I get the following scenario above.
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>If I ssh to a box on the local lan here at work, I instantly get
>myuser at mylocalhost's password:
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>3 times, then failure.
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>no "Password:" only prompts.
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>Still, it seems to me that I've used ssh a lot in the past and only gotten
>simply "Password:".
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>I'm wondering if this is some configuration thing I've set incorrectly or
>something else.  My home machine is a Red Hat 7.3 system.
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>Course, it could be wishful thinking...and I could be compromised.  Any
>insight?
>
>Thanks!
>John
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I get "user at host's password:" on my box, which I 'm sure is as safe as 
safe can be for a box that is ultimately network reachable.

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