[lug] Personal Server Behind DSL Router

David L. Anselmi anselmi at anselmi.us
Thu Jan 11 21:52:09 MST 2007


Ken MacFerrin wrote:
>>> Are there any best practices or configurations to
>>> limit brute force attacks on open ports like ssh? 
>> The only one I've ever needed is to move it off the default port.
> 
> If you have a small ssh user list then I'm a strong believer in the
> "AllowUsers" config option as well.

A small user list period accomplishes the same thing.  But AllowUsers 
isn't a bad thing.

Dave



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