V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I spent the evening tonight setting my systems back up for ssh connectivity. During the process, I made some changes to how I had been doing it previously. Read more about it here --> http://noctslackv1.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/ssh-can-it-be-more-secure/ Have a wonderful day! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Excellent, thanks Eric!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) A couple other important items with SSH: * change the port from the standard SSH port 22 to a port up in the user ports area or close to it. It has an added benefit of not filling the log file with SSH port 22 bombardments as well as making it safer. * disable root logins on SSH extremely important - you can always sudo or su as needed once you are logged in Edited March 17, 2013 by LilBambi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichase Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Great and VERY useful Link Eric. Definitely one I am going to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Yep, definitely very useful link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 * disable root logins on SSH extremely important - you can always sudo or su as needed once you are logged in At this stage of internet life, why isn't this the default? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 A couple other important items with SSH: * change the port from the standard SSH port 22 to a port up in the user ports area or close to it. It has an added benefit of not filling the log file with SSH port 22 bombardments as well as making it safer. * disable root logins on SSH extremely important - you can always sudo or su as needed once you are logged in Absolutely, but since I had been using ssh for a while already, I had taken care of those items way back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Yep, I figured you had Eric, but since others would be reading this, I thought it would be good to mention it and link to howtos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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