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   68 comments  ·  Feature Suggestions » Security  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
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   open discussion  ·  AdminSergey L (CTO, Plesk International GmbH) responded

   We have serious doubts this function can really increase server security:
   1) Plesk has built-in protection against brute-force on login – it will lock the login form. So no one can try multiple attempts
   2) Arbitrary login name adds very little guess-complexity to a proper password. If you have concerns for your login brute-forced – add another 5-7 characters into your password and feel safe.

   As changed login name is still very likely to be some sort of vocabulary word or derived from your other account name – this function would only give a false sense of better security. Your security strength is in complex password, not in a complex login name. If you have one good password, you don’t need to treat login as your “second password” – one good password is enough.

   As for concerns that default password requirement is set in “weak”, that fail2ban module is not enabled by default or may consume extra resources, etc – they are much irrelevant here. If someone is not willing investing some time into setting better password, into changing password policy or into installing/enabling server protection – changed admin name will again be only a false sense of security. If a password is “1234567”, then login doesn’t really matter.

   We have serious doubts this function can really increase server security:
   1) Plesk has built-in protection against brute-force on login – it will lock the login form. So no one can try multiple attempts
   2) Arbitrary login name adds very little guess-complexity to a proper password. If you have concerns for your login brute-forced – add another 5-7 characters into your password and feel safe.

   As changed login name is still very likely to be some sort of vocabulary word or derived from your other account name – this function would only give a false sense of better security. Your security strength is in complex password, not in a complex login name. If you have one good password, you don’t need to treat login as your “second password” – one good password is enough.

   As for concerns that default password requirement is set in “weak”, that fail2ban module is not… more

   Kris H supported this idea  ·  June 06, 2022
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   Kris H commented  ·  June 06, 2022  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

   I guess it is just a matter of time waiting for that zero-day attack where the only thing that could possibly mitigate an easily scriptable/deployable attack was the uniqueness of the primary administrator's user name.

   Atrocious this is still not possible in 2022, next year it will be 10 years since it was first requested! Disgusting!

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