Re: Safest way of accessing a home computer from outside?

[Sam Varshavchik]

Timothy Murphy writes:
> What is the safest way of allowing access to a home system
> from a remote computer?
> I am running Fedora-6 and shorewall.
>
> Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.

Run ssh on a non-default port.

Turn off passwords.  Use ssh certificates.