On Sat January 27 2007 17:24, John Pierce wrote: > When I set the machine up, during the install I disabled the firewall > and left the ssh server daemon running. I am guessing that the isp > has the port blocked. I was going to send him to grc.com and have him > do a port scan and see what the results are.
First, props to M Harris for touching on some of these items already but I want to address the topic holistically. :-) You gain nothing but headaches, John, by having the firewall dropped. If the firewall is enabled and running, the YaST sshd configuration module will 'punch holes' in the right places before it starts sshd. :-) Have him enable the firewall and ensure it's started, then configure sshd to listen on a non-standard higher port like 2222 or similar. This will reduce the number of unwanted bot/anonymous login attempts. Root logins should be disabled in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. The line 'PermitRootLogin' should be set to "no" (and the line uncommented if the default is "yes" and is commented out.) Finally, he can browse over to http://myipaddress.com/ or a similar site (find them with Google) if he's having trouble determing what IP address he's been assigned. hth & regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
