<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span style="color: rgb(157, 24, 17);"><font size="6"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How do brute-force attacks work <br></span></span></font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(157, 24, 17); font-size: 28px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(157, 24, 17);"><font size="6"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">whereas legitimate users are locked out after 2 or 3 failures?</span></span></font></span></div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is Robert and one of my non Linux friends asked me this question above.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If and when Mr. Katz has free time could you answer this?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If not then answer at our next SGVLUG in Nov.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family:
HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanks!</span><br></div></div></body></html>