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Re: Is SSH worth it??
From: David Corking <david.corking2 () dol net>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 15:22:43 -0500
On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Warren Raquel wrote:
It's not a good idea to allow remote ssh root access. If anyone ever tries to log into your machine remotely using root then you'll know from the logs that someone's trying to access your systems. Always log in as a regular user then su root if necessary.
... or sudo (http://www.courtesan.com/sudo ... couldn't resist ...)
Current thread:
- Re: Is SSH worth it?? David Corking (Oct 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Is SSH worth it?? Graham, Randy (RAW) (Oct 15)
- Re: Is SSH worth it?? Johan De Meersman (Oct 15)
- Re: Is SSH worth it?? David Corking (Oct 17)
- Re: Is SSH worth it?? Johan De Meersman (Oct 18)
- Re: Is SSH worth it?? David Corking (Oct 21)
- Re: Is SSH worth it?? Richard Caley (Oct 21)
- Re: Is SSH worth it?? David Corking (Oct 17)
- Re: Is SSH worth it?? David Corking (Oct 16)
- RE: Is SSH worth it?? Chris Santerre (Oct 16)
- Re: Is SSH worth it?? Devdas Bhagat (Oct 17)
- Re: Is SSH worth it?? David Corking (Oct 17)