On Thursday 07 October 2004 03:35, IT Guy wrote: > I just installed Mandrake 10 and I would like to allow SSHD to accept > outside connections how do i go about doing this? I cant seem to find > a documentation on it a push in the right direction would be of great > appreciation. > > Thank you!
If sshd is running then all you need do is open port 22 in your firewall. You can do that from the MandrakeControlCentre>Security>Firewall GUI If you are going to open ssh to the internet you should appreciate that although ssh is more secure than telnet, it is only as secure as the authentication system you are using. So use strong passwords. You can also prohibit login by root user by putting the line PermitRootLogin no in /etc/sshd_config (It might be the default I do not remember) Another measure you can take to increase security is to authenticate using ssh keys. This is described in a very good article written by Vincent Danen which seems to have disappeared from the MandrakeSecure web site but is preserved on a mirror at http://gorzow-wlkp.net/linux/dodatkowe/ssh_uk.html derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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