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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Greg Watson wrote: |
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> If you're not already doing so, I recommend to disable password |
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> interactive login and enforce key only logins. This will prevent some |
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> of the ssh exploits, brute-force attacks, and general script kiddies. |
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> And as always, upgrade to the latest version of OpenSSH/OpenSSL. |
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Another part of good strategy would be to use SSH on a different port - |
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most of the tools/scripts in use now do a quick scan on known services and |
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then move on if nothing is found. If someone is directly targeting your |
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box, this won't help much of course. :-) Sometimes it's good to maintain |
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a low profile on management services. |
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