From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 10 11:22:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 461CC37B401 for ; Sat, 10 May 2003 11:22:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thalia.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40A7143FBF for ; Sat, 10 May 2003 11:22:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a230.otenet.gr [212.205.215.230]) by thalia.otenet.gr (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4AIMaRY022887 for ; Sat, 10 May 2003 21:22:42 +0300 (EEST) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4AGmXC7060325 for ; Sat, 10 May 2003 19:48:33 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4AGKWR1027812; Sat, 10 May 2003 19:20:33 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 19:20:32 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Daniela Message-ID: <20030510162032.GA8459@gothmog.gr> References: <20030509000921.P66401-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> <200305101108.13319.dgw@liwest.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200305101108.13319.dgw@liwest.at> cc: Kenneth Culver cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: Kirill Pisman Subject: Re: Why is port 22 open by default? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 18:22:57 -0000 On 2003-05-10 11:08, Daniela wrote: > On Friday 09 May 2003 04:10, Kenneth Culver wrote: > > > > 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? :-) Hahaha. No, I guess not. I some times write short verses that I make up on the spot when I have to enter a new password. Usually 30-35 chars long :)