Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 10:12:48 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Security question (openssl vs openssh) Message-ID: <20110503171248.GB30552@ayn.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <4DC00FB5.7080306@msen.com> References: <4DC00FB5.7080306@msen.com>
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On Tue, May 03, 2011, Mark Moellering wrote: > Everyone, > I am looking into setting up a webserver to hold some very sensitive > information. I am trying to figure out which is more secure, forcing > any web connections to be done using an ssh tunnel or forcing ssl. > I have not been able to figure out if one is definitively much more > secure than another or if they are close to the same. I would have > initially thought the ssh tunnel was more secure but knowing that ssl > can use AES-256, I am now wondering if that isn't adding a complexity > for little extra security. Our solution for critical services like this is to run the service only on a private LAN segment which is available from the outside world only through an OpenVPN connection. The OpenVPN connection requires unique keys for each client which are easily revoked if a laptop is lost or stolen or on employee termination. It also isolates the web service from other external attacks via insecure PHP scripts and such. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees. -- President Bill Clinton, August 12, 1993
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