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Date:      02 Nov 2001 14:37:26 -0800
From:      swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
To:        Ben Eisenbraun <bene@klatsch.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Lockdown of FreeBSD machine directly on Net
Message-ID:  <8s668sdck9.68s@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20011102055416.B67495@klatsch.org>
References:  <15330.23714.263323.466739@guru.mired.org> <00b501c1637b$1cd2f880$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011102095554.A38169@student.uu.se> <00d801c1637c$d3264640$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011102055416.B67495@klatsch.org>

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Ben Eisenbraun <bene@klatsch.org> writes:

> change that to yes, HUP sshd,  and it will allow root to login directly 
> via ssh.
> 
> NOT RECOMMENDED.

I'd like to why.  I'd think that if you can't trust ssh you might
as well give up.  I'd think the tiny reduction in risk (if any) would
not be worth even the few extra seconds it takes to do the "su" and
password entry.

IF we assume ssh is secure, isn't it as safe to login as root via ssh as
at the system console?

Or do people recommend that that not be allowed either?

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