Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 00:43:25 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: ssh default security risc Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEDNFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050204080900.GA792@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Giorgos > Keramidas > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 12:09 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ssh default security risc > > > > > [snip great advice about securing ssh access] > > I was (perhaps not so) obviously referring to "all other things being > equal, allowing ssh access to a plain user is safer than allowing > direct ssh access to root. Much better - and such a statement is an academic, (not a religious), comparison - which is where the discussion should be. Unfortunately the OP - in typical troll fashion, although I'm not accusing him of being a troll - yet - provided absolutely no details of what the heck his environment was or what he was really doing - which usually lays rich ground for the discussion to spin out of control. Ted
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