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Re: [LUG] Securing SSH

 

On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:58:20 +0100, John Horne wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 14:41 +0100, William Fidell wrote:
>
>> You might want to have a look at this
>> http://security.linux.com/security/05/09/15/1655234.shtml?tid=35.
>>  It has some interesting ideas.
>>
> Yes, this seems to be a good article.
>
> I would add that although it mentions rootkits, it didn't seem to
> mention actually running a rootkit checker. If someone has gotten
> into a server via SSH (or indeed by any other method) and installed
> a rootkit, then discovering that fact would be nice :-) I run both
> chkrootkit and rkhunter via cron (google will show where the home
> pages for these are).
>
>
> John.
Thanks John and all for your comments.
 
My first attempt will be to look at the iptables which I already use to disable ports that are not in use.
 
Failing that I will turn off Port 22 and leave it at that.
 
I will go away and digest all the useful info and comments and let you know how I get on.

Phil.
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