Re: security of deb pkg's proftp and sftp

[S.Salman Ahmed <ssahmed@pathcom.com>]

>>>>> "NA" == Nate Amsden <aphro@aphroland.org> writes:
    NA> if you want to keep 'hackers' out, i suggest using it and
    NA> disabling password authentication in SSH and force RSA
    NA> passphrase authentication. of course this requires you have
    NA> knowledgable users(or you tell them how to create passphrases
    NA> and stuff)
    NA> 

Could you explain the steps necessary to do this ? I am running sshd (v1
I think) on my home system (woody) which is on a cable connection. I
would like to able to connect to this home system from work to
periodically check email, etc.

I currently use PuTTY at work for ssh connections. How can I setup
things so that I don't use password authentication ?

Also, will PuTTY work with a SSH v2 server ?

Thanks.

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