Preventing Brute Force Attacks

[Faramir]

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El 19-04-2011 6:35, Mike Acker escribió:
> On 04/19/2011 04:13, gnupg-users-request at gnupg.org wrote:
>> GnuPG Users <gnupg-users at gnupg.org>
>>
> 
> (1) apply the Strike 3, you're out rule.  any password gate should apply
> this rule: if the requester does not know the password and submits
> repeated bad answers DISABLE ACCESS. Game over.
...
> why is it we are always fussing over theoretical stuff instead of doing
> basic stuff that would help us?

  Maybe because, since this is the support list for GnuPG, we are all
thinking more about how to protect an encrypted file than about how to
protect a server account.

  Best Regards
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