Security basics

[Karl Larsen]

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.



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
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