[Klug-general] Remote Admin over Internet

Dave digiwire at gmail.com
Tue Jun 27 22:20:19 BST 2006


Another note is to run ssh on another port other than 22, i.e. 9922, and
configure ssh to disconnect the connection after 3 attempts.

Dave


On 6/27/06, Laurence Southon <laurence at southon.uk.net> wrote:
>
> Ritchie Fraser wrote:
> >
> > Is it just a case of poking a hole in my dad's router's firewall and
> also
> > forwarding ssh traffic to his PC?
> >
>
> Do be careful with this. I've had a server compromised despite disabling
> root logins and using strong passwords.
>
> You would do well to allow ssh logins with keys only.
>
> Regards,
>
> Laurence Southon
>
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