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Date:      Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:04:37 +0100
From:      FreeBSD - Wire Consulting <freebsd@wire-consulting.com>
To:        Gilles <gilles.ganault@free.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [SSHd] Limiting access from authorized IP's
Message-ID:  <48086425.5080608@wire-consulting.com>
In-Reply-To: <2tng04doovnmtkr7or9kfkb596fgjfoj1c@4ax.com>
References:  <2tng04doovnmtkr7or9kfkb596fgjfoj1c@4ax.com>

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Hi,

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?
>   
You can limit the access using one of the packet filters available,
ipfw(8), ipf(8) or pf(4).
> 2. Although it's up and running, I can't find SSHd in the list of
> installed apps:
>   
sshd(8) is part of the base system, which is a FreeBSD patched version of
OpenSSH. Although, you can find some ports of bulk OpenSSH in
/usr/ports/security.


Pedro



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