changing ports... BUT which is better, higher (323232) or lower (12) ? On 8/3/05, My List Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Changing SSH Port from 22 to something makes a difference :) > > i had once set it to default 22, and 100 attacks from china, brazil, > italy daily... > i tried changing it to XXXX and it all goes to ZERO :) > > so the first step is to change SSH port and it will help a lot, > then do the other necessary steps mentioned. > > > > On 7/29/05, Holden Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My recommended SSh best practices would be: > > > > > > - Move SSH to listen to another port just to stop scripted attempts > > > > - Disallow root log-ins > > > > - Only allow certain users to log-in > > > > - Enforce use of host-based authentication > > > > - Use Private-Public Key Authentication and disable Password Authentication > > > > - Disable port tunneling for some users > > > > - Use the "command" attribute in authorized_keys to limit what an SSh > > connection can do > > > > > > Holden > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > -- > > "mailing lists is my personal knowledgebase" > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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