Am 2008-06-23 10:25:08, schrieb H.S.: > Andrei Popescu wrote: > >Debian also has this enabled by default. See README.Debian file for > >openssh-server for an explanation. > Thanks for that pointer. I disallow it usually though. On one or two > machines on my home network, I have allowed this for custom auto rsync > based backup scripts.
I have sshd installed on ALL of my machines and they went never hacked
even if 100% exploited to the Internet. As in the README.Debian writte,
disabling root access does not give any additional security...
Allow root and give it a non-guessable password for at least 16 chars.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
24V Electronic Engineer
Tamay Dogan Network
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