On Mon 31 Dec 2012 at 14:19:31 -0700, Glenn English wrote:
> I know for sure there are defaults to be changed in sshd_config.
> There's a "PermitRootLogin" parameter. Its default has been "no"
> everywhere I've seen. But it can be changed to "yes", or to
> allow_root_login_with_key_authentication_only ("without-password").
No need for concern with PermitRootLogin on Debian. It has a sensible
default value.