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On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 11:11 +0100, Philip Radford wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with configuring and > securing the SSH daemon from unauthorised access. I have recently > discovered that my server was being targeted by a dictionary attack > via SSH on Port 22 and therefore got me thinking about ways to > restrict by IP address or even not to use remote SSH login via the > root login at all and access the server via alternative means. > I tend to restrict SSH using the TCP wrapper (/etc/hosts.allow file). I'm running Fedora Core 4, so your distro may/may not have built it with TCP wrappers enabled. I have never enabled root login (ssh or not). John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: John.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +44 (0)1752 233839 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html