Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 11:08:13 +0000 From: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> To: Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org> Cc: Kirill Pisman <anyher@ngs.ru> Subject: Re: Why is port 22 open by default? Message-ID: <200305101108.13319.dgw@liwest.at> In-Reply-To: <20030509000921.P66401-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> References: <20030509000921.P66401-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org>
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On Friday 09 May 2003 04:10, Kenneth Culver wrote: > > > D> I was just wondering: > > > D> Is SSH really so secure that it can be on by default? > > > > > > D> I'm really paranoid, and I could sleep better if the answer was yes > > > :-) > > > > > > if you *REALY* paranoid you can juct switch your computer off :) > > > > > > if you are fully trust your local area network there is no reaseon > > > to afraid (but passwords) , othervice there is some 'pantom menace' > > > that ssh could de cracked by someone , who will dump all the > > > connections to your computer all the time > > > > Is there some way to prevent this? > > SSH is fairly secure, but there is no 100% secure remote access solution. > That said, you should be fine with ssh enabled, I've had it enabled for > ages without problems, just make sure you pick a good password. Sounds like SSH is secure enough for me. Or is a 19 character password too short? :-)
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