The bottom line of this article is: 1. Un-install SSH1 2. Install SSH2 (in that order) 3. Make sure you have all security patches for SSH2 installed.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: THE INFOWORLD SCOOP A.M. EDITION, Friday, December 14, 2001 ======================================================== THE INFOWORLD SCOOP A.M. EDITION ======================================================== Friday, December 14, 2001 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CERT: PLUG SECURE SHELL HOLES BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS Posted December 14, 2001 04:35 Pacific Time AMSTERDAM -- ADMINISTRATORS of Unix systems running Secure Shell (SSH) should check all security holes are plugged before going home for the holidays because of increased hacker activity, security experts said on Thursday. "We are seeing a high amount of scanning for SSH daemons, and we are receiving reports of exploitation," the Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center (CERT/CC) said in an advisory. For the full story: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/12/14/011214hnsecureshell.xml?12 14fram
