Security basics
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Thu Oct 4 14:09:07 UTC 2007
Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 06:39 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>> Right this moment someone is trying to hack into THIS system. The
>> Internet traffic shows me this. I am growing tired of the ssh thing
>> since I'm a desktop user. This never needs ssh. I think I will turn it
>> off.
>>
>
> That is the obvious thing to do, turn off servers that you don't need.
> Configure the ones that you do need so that they only respond to the
> places that you want them to. If you only need to ssh between two boxes
> next to other, then configure the ssh server, and your firewall, to only
> allow that.
>
> If you have two PCs, it is useful to have ssh running. You can use one
> box to control the other during problem solving.
>
>
I have only one PC. So I only use ssh to another computer at NMSU I
am helping design a tiny Linux for a small satellite.
This is about done.
--
Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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