Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:13:49 +0100 From: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Gilles <gilles.ganault@free.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [SSHd] Limiting access from authorized IP's Message-ID: <4808664D.1060801@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <2tng04doovnmtkr7or9kfkb596fgjfoj1c@4ax.com> References: <2tng04doovnmtkr7or9kfkb596fgjfoj1c@4ax.com>
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Gilles wrote: > Hello > > I have a couple of questions about running SSHd: > > 1. I'd like to limit connections from the Net only from specific IP's. > It seems like there are several ways to do it (/etc/hosts.allow, > AllowHosts/AllowUsers, TCP-wrapper, port-knocking, etc.). Which would > you recommend? > I tend to use a firewall anyway so thats what works best for me, on machine that I dont firewall, /etc/hosts.allow (which is TCP-wrappers) is a good quick and easy solution. Its very much a "whatever works best for you" type question. > 2. Although it's up and running, I can't find SSHd in the list of > installed apps: > > $ which sshd > > /usr/sbin/sshd > > $ pkg_info | grep -i ssh > => Nada. How come? > ssh is part of the base system. Its also in ports so you can have a more recent version if you like or so you have have things like the ssh hpn patches (http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/) etc etc. Vince > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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