On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 12:43, Orlando Andico wrote:
> On 17 Dec 2002, Joon Guillen wrote:
> ..
> > Oh my, another SSH security advisory!  Is this a signal to download new
> > versions of said app?  Will this mean another busy day of server updates
> > for the SysAdmins?  Find out in this issue of...
> 
> this is why you should use iptables as a "super tcp_wrappers" on top of 
> all your other ACL's.


That's what I always do.  However, sometimes I wish I could establish an
ssh session from home (for emergencies).  At home, I have a "personal"
DSL connection, so IP add keeps changing.  Anyone come up with a secure
solution short of allowing (thru iptables and tcp_wrappers) the range of
IP addresses the ISP provides?


-- 
Joon Guillen


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believing it.  Computers had to be the tools of _somebody_, and he knew
for certain that it definitely wasn't him.

from "Good Omens", Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

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